In the following assignments for ED631, Educational Psychology, Karin Macklin had us read and review three journal-based psychology articles on a topic of interest. I chose stereotype threat, a topic of interest to me when I was an undergraduate psychology student. An excerpt of my review of Claude M. Steele's groundbreaking research is summarized below. To read the whole article click here: Journal Review

Stereotype threat occurs when a member of a particular group (race or gender, for example) faces an academic task in which his or her group is negatively stereotyped (Steele, 1997). If this individual identifies with the task as important to their identity (that is, if they are domain-identified), then they will face the threat of self-fulfilling said stereotype (a stereotype threat). For example, domain-identified African Americans stereotypically performed poorly on standardized tests when compared to whites when they are subtly made cognizant of the stereotype, by checking a box demarcating their race, or by being told that the test was diagnostic of intelligence.