Threat of Stereotypes
03:37 Min
Threat of Stereotypes
Guys are better at Maths. Girls are bad drivers. Stereotypes are found everywhere – you can’t avoid them, but you can certainly ignore them… or can you? Accordingly to psychologists, stereotypes can work on you subconsciously, and affect your performance in very real ways. How does it happen? Is there any way to counter so-called “stereotype threat”?