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This idea, while tempting to lend weight to on the surface, is highly overblown. Stereotype Threat doesn't hold up to repeated testing. https://www.psychologyt
by ghostcluster 9y ago
This idea, while tempting to lend weight to on the surface, is highly overblown. Stereotype Threat doesn't hold up to repeated testing.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rabble-rouser/201512/is-stereotype-threat-overcooked-overstated-and-oversold https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rabble-rouser/201512/is...
And what's more, this "grit" trait, the propensity to follow through and get stuff done, appears to be a set of inherited traits as well.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-limits-of-grit https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-limits-of...
- 0xcde4c3db 9y agoWow. That description of the Seahawks milieu says to me that it's not developing traits like grit and optimism, but rather selecting for them. I wonder if intervention studies for this sort of thing ought to be done with intention-to-treat analysis, just like with drug studies [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intention-to-treat_analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intention-to-treat_analysis