Stereotype Threat and Cognitive Selection Measures in Industrial Settings

Download or read book Stereotype Threat and Cognitive Selection Measures in Industrial Settings written by Amanda Leigh Brown and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researchers have found that stereotype threat can affect the performance of blacks on cognitive selection tests. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the findings related to stereotype threat's effects on cognitive tests in the academic setting are similar to cognitive tests in the industrial setting. The Wonderlic Personnel Test was administered to 227 college students of various ethnic backgrounds at a public southeastern university. The participants were exposed to one of four situations: 1) race was requested and they were told the test was diagnostic of intellectually ability, 2) race was requested and the test was presented as non-diagnostic of intellectual ability, 3) race was not requested and they were told the test was diagnostic of intellectual ability, 4) race was not requested and the test was presented as non-diagnostic of intellectual ability. The findings indicate that ST does not have a significant affect on the performance of blacks on cognitive selection tests. However, the data suggest a significant difference in performance between the whites in the diagnostic situation and the whites in the non-diagnostic situation.