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Claude Steele's Research on Stereotyping
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Overview
In this segment, Claude Steele discusses how he became interested in research on stereotyping.

Web Connections
Underachievement Among Gifted Minority Students
http://ericec.org/digests/e544.html

The University of California: Academic Underperformance and Underachivement
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/regmeet/jan00/303.pdf



Pre-Test



1Why is minority underachievement a problem on college campuses?


2What can be done to remedy the situation?

Post-Test



3Steele's research on self-regulation and self-evaluative processes fueled his understanding of why minority college students underperform.
A)True
B)False


4The term disidentification refers to the self-protective processes a minority student might use when faced with stereotype threat.
A)True
B)False


5The theory of stereotype threat was devised to help explain the problem of minority underachievement on college campuses.
A)True
B)False





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