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The Impact of Prejudice on its Targets
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Overview
In this segment, Claude Steele discusses the impact of prejudice on its targets.

Web Connections
Article on stereotype threat by Claude Steele in The Atlantic magazine
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99aug/9908stereotype.htm

Steele Discusses Stereotype Threat
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/csj/092404/steele.shtml



Pre-Test



1Have you ever been in a situation where you did not perform up to your ability due to a concern that you were being stereotyped?


2Why might black undergraduates appear to be underperforming in college?

Post-Test



3Steele's research found that those who are most affected by stereotype threat are the ones with high expectations for themselves.
A)True
B)False


4It is very distracting for a student who does well in a subject area to be taking a test where they feel they might be negatively stereotyped.
A)True
B)False


5In a particular domain, those with a low opinion of themselves don't care as much how they do.
A)True
B)False





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