While the effect of negative performance stereotypes on test-taking and in other domains is well documented, a new study shows that the effects might also be seen further upstream than once thought, when the skills are learned, not just performed.
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October 23, 2009
Negative Expectations Might Produce Negative Behaviors In Teens
Drinking. Drugs. Caving into peer pressure. When parents expect their teenagers to conform to negative stereotypes, those teens are in fact more likely to do so, according to new research by Professor of Psychology Christy Buchanan. "Parents who believe they are simply being realistic might actually contribute to a self-fulfilling prophecy," says Buchanan, who studies adolescent development an
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October 18, 2009
Stereotypes can fuel teen misbehavior
October 16, 2009 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Oct 16, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Drinking. Drugs. Caving into peer pressure. When parents expect their teenagers to conform to negative stereotypes, those teens are in fact more likely to do so, according to new research by professor of psychology Christy Buchanan.
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August 22, 2009
Visits To Nana’s May Keep Toddlers From Developing Negative Age Stereotypes
It's easy to list the negative stereotypes attributed to the elderly: they are considered forgetful, hard-of-hearing, absent-minded and confused. What's unsettling is that those stereotypes can be present in children as young as two or three.
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Keeping Toddlers From Developing Negative Age Stereotypes By Visiting Nana
It's easy to list the negative stereotypes attributed to the elderly: they are considered forgetful, hard-of-hearing, absent-minded and confused. What's unsettling is that those stereotypes can be present in children as young as two or three. Research conducted by the University of Alberta's Sheree Kwong See, a psychology researcher, has identified that those stereotypes exist in some child
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August 17, 2009
‘Schizo’ - The Movie Launched To Counter Negative Stereotypes
Time to Change [1], the mental health anti-stigma campaign, launches two provocative films aimed at challenging the stigma surrounding mental health head on. Both films are launched as an exclusive YouGov poll [2] reveals that more than a third of the public believe people diagnosed with schizophrenia are likely to be violent.
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May 5, 2009
When Faced with Stereotypes, Picking the Positive Sidesteps a Psych-out
A new study from researchers at the University of Indiana shows that women have grown wily to the effects of stereotypes. When faced with positive and negative stereotypes related to performance, they identify with the positive, avoiding the psych-out effects of the negative. Take the mathematics stereotype, for example. Previous studies have shown that women perform worse on mathematical tasks
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April 22, 2009
Think Memory Worsens With Age? Then Yours Probably Will
Thinking your memory will get worse as you get older may actually be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Researchers have found that senior citizens who think older people should perform poorly on tests of memory actually score much worse than seniors who do not buy in to negative stereotypes about aging and memory loss.
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