African Americans and High Blood Pressure: The Role of Stereotype Threat

By J. Blascovich, S. Spencer, D. Quinn, C. Steele. Psychology Science, 2001

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Why they leave: the impact of stereotype threat on the attrition of women and minorities from science, math and engineering majors (2012, positive): “On one hand, it undermines achievement by interfering with performance on mental tasks by, among other things, increasing blood pressure (Blascovich et al. 2001) and reducing working memory capacity (Schmader and Johns 2003).”
Stereotypes, stereotype threat and ageing: implications for the understanding and treatment of people with Alzheimer's disease (2008, background): “Blascovich et al. (2001) showed that”
The social psychology of stigma. (2005, background): “F or p er so na l u se o nl y. 18 Nov 2004 12:58 AR AR231-PS56-15.tex AR231-PS56-15.sgm LaTeX2e(2002/01/18) P1: IKH THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF STIGMA 403 of self-reported anxiety (Blascovich et al. 2001, Bosson et al. 2004).”
Converging evidence that stereotype threat reduces working memory capacity. (2003, background): “Given research showing that participants under stereotype threat show heightened physiological arousal (Blascovich et al., 2001) as well as the finding that stress impairs working memory (e.”
Domain-specific effects of stereotypes on performance (2006, background): “Research has found that African American students under threat conditions show physiological signs of elevated anxiety (Blascovich, Spencer, Quinn, & Steele, 2001 ).”
Improving adolescents' standardized test performance: An intervention to reduce the effects of stereotype threat (2003, background): “Calling this burden ‘‘stereotype threat,’’ Steele and Aronson (1995) conducted research demonstrating that this phenomenon can be felt as a physiological arousal (Ben-Zeev, Fein, & Inzlicht, 2003; Blascovich, Spencer, Quinn, & Steele, 2001 ) that often results in substantial decrements in intellect”
Longevity increased by positive self-perceptions of aging. (2002, background): “Essentially, this theory states that members of stigmatized groups “experience stereotype threat when they are in situations in which other people may view them stereotypically in ways likely to increase performance pressures” ( Blasovich, Spencer, Quinn, & Steele, 2001, p. 225 ).”