Stereotype threat and inflexible perseverance in problem solving

Carr, Priyanka B.; Steele, Claude M.

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Stereotype threat and inflexible perseverance in problem solving

Carr, Priyanka B., Steele, Claude M.·2009·Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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Under stereotype threat, people are more likely to persevere with an ineffective problem-solving strategy.
“a paper investigating stereotype threat found that under threat, people are more likely to persevere with an ineffective problem-solving strategy (Carr & Steele, 2009)”
From Factors Related to Mean Score Group Differences on Cognitive Ability Tests: A Systematic Review (2025) · cites this paper as Carr & Steele, 2009
Stereotype threat increases women's inflexible perseverance, making them less likely to abandon ineffective strategies under threat relative to no threat.
“For example, researchers have shown that stereotype threat increased women's inflexible perseverance, that is, women were less likely to abandon ineffective strategies and choose newer more efficient ones under threat relative to no threat conditions (Carr & Steele, 2009).”
From Managing to clear the air: Stereotype threat, women, and leadership (2016) · cites this paper as Carr & Steele, 2009
Stereotype-based concerns make women less fluent, use more tentative language, and alter their decision making.
“Stereotype-based concerns have also been shown to make women less fluent and use more tentative language (McGlone & Pfiester, 2015) and to alter their decision making (Carr & Steele, 2009;2010).”
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Authors: Carr, P. B., & Steele, C. M.
Affiliations: Stanford University (US)
Corresponding author: Carr, Priyanka B.
Venue: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2009-07
Volume: 45
Issue: 4
Pages: 853-859
ISSN: 0022-1031 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.03.003
OpenAlex: W2121110410
Cited by: 96
References: 51
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 7
FWCI: 23.82
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
Social Sciences › Safety Research › Career Development and Diversity
Keywords: stereotype threat, problem solving, women, stereotype suppression, mathematical ability, spatial ability, strategic flexibility, test performance, gender stereotypes

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