genetics or cultural differences cause some students to do poorly on academic tests and academic performances. But now it is clear that negative stereotypes raise more doubts and high pressure anxieties in test taker’s mind‚ which results in "stereotype threat." According to psychologists Claude Steele‚ Steven Spencer‚ and Joshua Aronson‚ even passing reminders about a person belonging to one group or another‚ such as group stereotyping‚ can cause trouble with test performance. They have examined group
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Article 1: Target Article Davies‚ P. G.‚ Spencer‚ S. J.‚ & Steele‚ C. M. (2005). Clearing the air: Identity safety moderates the effects of stereotype threat on women’s leadership aspirations. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology‚ 88(2)‚ 276-287. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.88.2.276 Davies and colleagues explored how stereotype threat could potentially decrease the decision for women to accept leadership positions. The authors predicted that from watching gender stereotypic TV commercials‚
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the idea of how culture has been embedded in our history. To begin to answer this question it is necessary to go back to the commencement of human history. "Homo sapiens‚ the species to which we belong‚ has existed for about 100‚000 years" Sociocultural evolution is an umbrella term for theories of cultural evolution and social evolution‚ describing how cultures and societies have developed over time. During the late 19th century the established conception of culture was that it evolved in a "uniform
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societies people must not lose theses bonds created by past experiences which gave them these views. Basically globalization intergrates regional economies‚ societies‚ and cultures through a global network. Globalization is easily recognizeable as sociocultural‚ political‚ and biological factors. The negative effects global generatesgreat international opposition because of the high rate of inequality and severe environmental degradation. Take for example the example the Gulf oil spill which caused such
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higher learning and a positive outlook (Wood‚ 2006). The straight-edge subculture emerged in the late 1970’s (Wood‚ 2006). The term straight-edge was coined by musician Ian MacKaye in a song called “Straight Edge” which he wrote for his band‚ Minor Threat. Their music was fast and powerful with angry and thoughtful lyrics‚ which is how straight-edge seemed to be viewed as at first. With further understanding‚ it was found that the straight-edge lifestyle was the opposite. In the 1970’s only a
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Emily Ramirez Taking A Stand English Comp. I July 1‚ 2013 Women in STEM Fields and Stereotypes For years society has created many different stereotypes for several different types of individuals. The Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) fields intimidate most women since society has capitalized it to be a male dominated field. This could be because men were the first to study the STEM fields and have succeeded greatly. Yet it is very rare for women to
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behavior: On the self-fulfilling nature of social stereotypes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 35 (9)‚ 656-666. Steele‚ C.M.‚ Spencer‚ S.‚ & Aronson‚ J. (2002). Contending with group image: The psychology of stereotype threat and social identity threat. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology‚ 36‚ 379-440. Weinstein‚ R.S.‚ Gregory‚ A.‚ & Strambler‚ M.J. (2004). Intractable self-fulfilling prophecies fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education. American Psychology. 59 (6)‚ 511-520
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Gregoire LRC 76A October 18‚ 2012 Vygotsky and Sociocultural Theory Dr. Moll‚ our guest faculty member‚ chose three articles for the class to read: Moll (2001)‚ Through the Mediation of Others‚ Cole M. (1995). Culture and Cognitive Development‚ and Cole M. (1985). The Zone of Proximal Development.
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Mariah Kash Thanks for the Pain. You know some people are excited for their first day of High School. It’s a “New start”‚ a chance to grow up‚ maybe make some new friends‚ and leave all the other BS behind. That’s what I thought‚ until “she” came around. “She” ruined everything for me last year‚ and I’m not exaggerating when I mean EVERYTHING! It was only the second week of school‚ and I was in English. I was sitting there doing my work with Britney when “She” came up and started to taunt
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Straight edge‚ also known as sXe‚ is a movement that emerged on the East Coast of the U.S. from punk subculture in the early 1980s. At that time‚ straight edge held appeal to young people who opposed the traditional lifestyle of young adults. Those who became members of sXe swore to abstain from drugs‚ smoking‚ alcohol‚ and maintain a healthy sexual lifestyle – only having sex while in committed relationships. If a member broke their oath‚ they would lose any right to call themselves a member of
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