My Testing students today wondered if stereotype threat could be turned around to boost scores of those who stereotypically do better on some types of tests (or if invoking stereotypes only leads to deficits)? For example, if a test of verbal skills was introduced as a test of spatial reasoning, might it boost male scores on the verbal test? I also see that it has been applied to gender differences in mathematical ability but I wonder if it has been applied to gender differences in verbal ability (could males do better compared to females on verbal tasks if the fact that it was a test of verbal ability was not stressed?). Also, does anyone know the extent to which it has been found to generalize to ethnic groups beyond African-Americans? Thanks,
Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/hss/faculty/rfroman.asp "Pete, it's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart." - Ulysses Everett McGill ---
