This work examined stereotype threat within social groups and whether stereotype threat would be seen with a positive stereotype. Stereotype threat is usually seen as a decrease in performance induced by an anxiety within individuals fearing they will confirm a pre-existing and culturally-known negative stereotype. Science fiction fans were compared to a matched sample of college students. Both groups were given a 50-item problem-solving task described as an intelligence test. Individuals were randomly assigned to one of three conditions (1) no threat condition, (2) general threat...
This work examined stereotype threat within social groups and whether stereotype threat would be seen with a positive stereotype. Stereotype...