Arousal and stereotype threat
Arousal and stereotype threat
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jesp.2003.11.007
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发表时间：
2005-03-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Inzlicht, M
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作者：
Ben-Zeev, T;Fein, S;Inzlicht, M
环境中看似无关紧要的特征会破坏熟练女性的定量表现——这一效应归因于刻板印象威胁。本研究验证了刻板印象威胁触发唤醒的假设，以及关于唤醒的归因可以调节刻板印象威胁对表现的影响。为了研究刻板印象威胁是否会引发性唤起，我们进行了两个实验，要求女性参与者在刻板印象威胁和不刻板印象威胁的情况下进行数学测试。在研究1中，受到刻板印象威胁的女性在简单的与威胁无关的任务中表现得更好，但在困难的与威胁无关的任务中表现得比没有受到威胁的女性差。在研究2中，受到威胁的女性在数学测试中表现不佳，但这种不佳的表现在女性被引导错误地归因于她们的兴奋时有所减弱。这些结果表明，唤醒——以及唤醒如何被归因——可能在刻板印象威胁的削弱效应中起着重要作用。(C) 2004爱思唯尔公司版权所有。
Seemingly insignificant features of the context can undermine the quantitative performance of skilled females-an effect attributed to stereotype threat. The present studies tested the hypotheses that stereotype threat triggers arousal, and that attributions about that arousal could moderate the effects of stereotype threat on performance. To examine whether arousal is triggered by stereotype threat, we conducted two experiments in which female participants were asked to take a math test under conditions of stereotype threat or not. In Study 1, women under stereotype threat performed better on an easy threat-irrelevant task, but worse on a difficult threat-irrelevant task than women not under threat. In Study 2, threatened women underperformed on a math test, but this underperformance was attenuated for women directed to misattribute their arousal. These results suggest that arousal-and how arousal is attributed-may play an important role in the debilitating effects of stereotype threat. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.