Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Retraining Attitudes and Stereotypes to Affect Motivation and Cognitive Capacity Under Stereotype Threat
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Retraining attitudes and stereotypes to affect motivation and cognitive capacity under stereotype threat.
In a series of experiments, a retraining paradigm was used to test the effects of attitudes and stereotypes on individuals' motivation and cognitive capacity in stereotype-threatening contexts. Women trained to have a more positive math attitude exhibited increased math motivation (Study 1). This effect was not observed for men but was magnified among women when negative stereotypes were either...
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