Stereotype threat refers to a situation is which people feel at risk of confirming negative stereotypes concerning their racial, ethnic, gender, or cultural group. A study confirmed the existence of stereotype threat when experimenters told black students they tend to perform worse than white students in standardized tests. The students who were told that performed poorly, while the ones who weren't performed similarly to their white peers.
Stereotype threat is a threat that occurs when a person is worried or disturbed that he or her behaviour will be used to confirm another person behaviour.
Poeple with Stereotype threat often see themselves to be at risks of conforming to stereotype about their group or social group leading to racial, ethnic and gender negative stereotype .
