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Reducing stereotype threat by blurring intergroup boundaries.

Harriet E S Rosenthal1, Richard J Crisp

  • 1School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK. her288@bham.ac.uk

Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin
|March 4, 2006
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Interventions reducing intergroup bias can lessen stereotype threat. Blurring group boundaries improved performance on math tests and reduced career bias in women.

Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Stereotype Threat Research

Background:

  • Stereotype threat can negatively impact academic performance and career choices.
  • Interventions to reduce intergroup bias are effective in various social contexts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if interventions reducing intergroup bias can mitigate stereotype threat.
  • To test the hypothesis that blurring intergroup boundaries reduces stereotype threat.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments were conducted involving participants evaluating career preferences and answering math questions.
  • Interventions focused on emphasizing shared characteristics between groups versus group differences or a baseline.

Main Results:

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  • Thinking about shared characteristics reduced preference for stereotypical female careers.
  • Participants focusing on overlapping traits answered more math questions correctly.
  • Pre-threat intervention emphasizing shared traits significantly improved math performance under threat.

Conclusions:

  • Interventions designed to reduce intergroup bias are applicable to stereotype threat.
  • Blurring intergroup boundaries is a viable strategy for reducing stereotype threat and its negative consequences.