人種差の縮小:社会心理学的介入
Geoffrey L Cohen1, Julio Garcia, Nancy Apfel
1Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Muenzinger Psychology Building, Boulder, CO 80309-0345, USA. cohen.geoff@gmail.com
まとめ
短い書き込み練習により,アフリカ系アメリカ人の生徒の成績が向上し,人種間の成績のギャップが40%減少しました. この社会心理学的介入は,学業成績を向上させるために,心理的脅威をターゲットにしています.
科学分野:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学とは
- 教育心理学の教育心理学について
背景:
- ステレオタイプの確認のリスクから生じる心理的脅威は,マイノリティの学生の学業成績に悪影響を及ぼす可能性があります.
- 慢性的な評価環境は,パフォーマンスの格差を悪化させる可能性があります.
- 自己の整合性,または個人的な充実性を再確認することは,心理的な脅威に対するバッファとして探求されます.
研究 の 目的:
- 少数民族の学生の学業成績を改善することを目的とした社会心理学的介入をテストする.
- 学術成果における心理的脅威の仲介的役割を調査する.
- 自己整合性の肯定介入の有効性を評価する.
主な方法:
- 2つのランダム化フィールド実験が行われました.
- クラスでの執筆課題が介入として使用されました.
- 学業成績 (成績) と心理的脅威レベルが測定されました.
主要な成果:
- この介入は,アフリカ系アメリカ人の学生の学業成績を大幅に改善しました.
- この介入により,人種差は40%減少した.
- この発見は,自己の整合性を肯定することで,心理的脅威を軽減できるという仮説を裏付けている.
結論:
- ターゲットを絞った社会心理学的介入は,人種間の業績格差を効果的に改善することができます.
- 心理的脅威に対処することは,教育の公平性を改善するための実行可能な戦略です.
- この研究は,現実世界の教育環境における短い介入の可能性を強調しています.
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