Racial Stereotype Threat

Stereotype threat occurs when a stereotype is associated with certain tasks. It may boost some individuals’ confidence while significantly hindering the confidence of others (Module 7.7: The Social, Cultural, and Political Aspects of Intelligence, 2017). Racial stereotypes, such as competing against an Asian in math, may boost an Asian’s confidence, increasing their score, while lowering the white or black participants’ confidence, producing a lower score and visa versa – the Asian could feel pressured to do well on the math test and do poorly while the white and black participants expect to receive a lower grade and do better than the Asian.
Discrimination also henders an individual’s performance on an IQ test (Module 7.7: The Social, Cultural,