Courtney is enrolled in an advanced physics class at her high school. She is one of only three girls in the class, and she is aw
are of the notion that girls are poorer at math and science than boys. This knowledge may actually hinder Courtney's performance in the class as a result of:
<span>A stereotype threat is a social-psychological
predicament that can alters academic identity and intellectual performance. Negative
stereotypes raise inhibiting doubts and high-pressure anxieties in a
test-taker's mind that result to </span>reduce the performance of individuals.
The mind set of Courtney
that boys do better than girls in math and science would create anxiety, which
will then trigger a mechanism of decreases performance by depleting the working
memory of the brain.
