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Title: The Varying Effects of Stereotype Threat, Lift, and Priming on Cognitive Performance
Authors: Daker, Richard
Advisors: Conway, Andrew
Contributors: Kastner, Sabine
Department: Psychology
Class Year: 2015
Abstract: Performance on tests, especially standardized tests, plays a major role in shaping educational and life outcomes. The present research builds on the stereotype threat, stereotype lift, and stereotype priming literatures to work towards a better understanding of how stereotypes affect cognitive performance. While many researchers have assumed that explicit stereotype-induced shifts in cognitive performance, like stereotype threat and stereotype lift, and implicit stereotype-induced shifts in performance, like stereotype priming, are just different versions of the same effect, the two experiments reported on here suggest that they operate through different mechanisms. Our results also suggest that the effects on performance of both explicit and implicit stereotype activation are dependent on the social identity of the individual. We discuss our findings in the context of previous research on this topic. Keywords: stereotype threat, stereotype lift, stereotype priming, cognitive performance, working memory
Extent: 68 pages
URI: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01b2773z05q
Type of Material: Princeton University Senior Theses
Language: en_US
Appears in Collections:Psychology, 1930-2023

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