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That reminds me of a bias study where the researchers were investigating the effects of stereotypes. They told one group of Asian women that “women are worse a
by 9wzYQbTYsAIc 4y ago
That reminds me of a bias study where the researchers were investigating the effects of stereotypes.
They told one group of Asian women that “women are worse at math than men” and another group of Asian women that “Asians are better at math than non-Asians”. Both are common stereotypes.
They then measured how well the two groups did on subsequent math exercises.
Interestingly, they found that the latter group (positive stereotype) performed better than those in the former group (negative stereotype).
As I recall, other research found similar results with Black males and golf scores when told “white people are better at golf” as opposed to “black people are better athletes”.
Not only do stereotypes influence our perceptions of “the other”, but they influence the performance of the other.
- eurasiantiger 4y agoIn other words, when society attaches a label to people, those people start behaving accordingly. ”You call me an addict and refuse prescription? Yeah sure whatever doc, I’ll just buy that fentanyl off the street since I’m already an addict.” We need to end prohibition.
- inglor_cz 4y agoThe experiment you discuss is called "stereotype threat" and it belongs into the huge set of psychological results that cannot be replicated. [1] It seems that there is a bias against publishing studies with null results, which skews the overall picture both among the researchers and in the media. [1] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23743603.2018.1559647 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23743603.2018.1...
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 4y agoInteresting, good to know, thanks.
- jdkoeck 4y agoThat’s called “stereotype threat”, and it’s been caught up in the replication crisis. In short, the effect is hard to reproduce and tends to be small. It’s been known for some time now, here’s an article from 2015: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rabble-rouser/201512/is-stereotype-threat-overcooked-overstated-and-oversold https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rabble-rouser/201512... I wish people would stop bringing up studies that don’t reproduce, they’re no better than anecdotes.
- MilanTodorovic 4y agoThe problem with that is, at least in my experience, that you read such things once from a reputable source and never check it again.
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 4y agoWhen I was studying undergrad psych, Psychology Today was falling into disrepute. Are they still a reputable source, today?
- cosmojg 4y agoIsn't that one of those clickfarm blogs?
- jdkoeck 4y agoPsychology Today is not great in general, but the article I linked to is written by a social psychology PhD (Lee Jussim).
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 4y agoOk, good to know, thanks! Setting this aside for a deeper read, but it appears at first glance that the concerns revolve around statistical technique rather than methodological soundness?
- lupire 4y agoIt can't be "still reputable" after "falling into disrepute".
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 4y ago“was falling” in the imperfect tense.