Question

What is stereotype threat? Provide an example. What reason(s) has/have been advanced for its effects? What are the possible response options people may have in order to reduce its effects? In one piece of research, how was non-verbal communication used to demonstrate the effects of stereotype threat? Also, explain the study in which researchers explored ego depletion effects on persuasion.

Answer 1

Stereotype threat is a belief that one is being evaluated or judged by the other person negatively. It may be race, gender, caste skin colour.. people constantly feel threatened of being evaulated negatively. Being judgemenatl or reasonable would help in avoiding the effect, eg, for a school going person why skin colour would matter in academics or performance etc. Keeping list of positive/advantages about which stereotype threat is felt eg: About caste, religion,etc. In earlier days, when the Britishers were ruling India, Indians were having seperate compartment or seating place in trains. Where as compartments where britishers used to sit were very modern, posh ones.

Ego depletion loss of mental active or reasonable state due to mental tiredness. There can be various reasons when the mind gets tired eg: hunger, poverty - constant work. This means human will power is exhaustible