Abstract
Underpinned by the findings of Jamieson and Harkins (2007; Experiment 3, Journal of Personality & Social Psychology), the current study pits the mere effort motivational account of stereotype threat against a working memory interference account. In Experiment 1, females were primed with a negative self- or group stereotype pertaining to their visuospatial ability and completed an anti-saccade eye-tracking task. In Experiment 2 they were primed with a negative or positive group stereotype and completed an anti-saccade and mental arithmetic task. Findings indicate that stereotype threat did not significantly impair women’s inhibitory control (Experiments 1 & 2) or mathematical performance (Experiment 2), with Bayesian analyses providing support for the null hypothesis. These findings are discussed in relation to potential moderating factors of stereotype threat, such as task difficulty and stereotype endorsement, as well as the possibility that effect sizes reported in the stereotype threat literature are inflated due to publication bias.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 717-734 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | European Journal of Social Psychology |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 4 Sept 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2019 |
Keywords
- stereotype threat
- mathematical performance
- working memory
- mere effort
- Null Hypothesis Significance Testing
- Bayesian analysis
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Derek Heim
- Psychology - Professor of Psychology
- Health Research Institute
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