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Stereotype Susceptibility: Identity Salience and Shifts in Quantitative Performance

Shih, Margaret, Pittinsky, Todd L., Ambady, Nalini·1999·Psychological Science

Abstract

Recent studies have documented that performance in a domain is hindered when individuals feel that a sociocultural group to which they belong is negatively stereotyped in that domain. We report that implicit activation of a social identity can facilitate as well as impede performance on a quantitative task. When a particular social identity was made salient at an implicit level, performance was altered in the direction predicted by the stereotype associated with the identity. Common cultural stereotypes hold that Asians have superior quantitative skills compared with other ethnic groups and that women have inferior quantitative skills compared with men. We found that Asian-American women performed better on a mathematics test when their ethnic identity was activated, but worse when their gender identity was activated, compared with a control group who had neither identity activated. Cross-cultural investigation indicated that it was the stereotype, and not the identity per se, that influenced performance.

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  • Asian women reminded of their gender identity underperform controls, whereas those reminded of their Asian identity perform better than controls.

    “Asian women who were subtly reminded of their gender identity underperformed those in the control condition, whereas those reminded of their Asian identity performed better than the control.”

    From Managing to clear the air: Stereotype threat, women, and leadership (2016) · cites this paper as Shih, Pittinsky, & Ambady, 1999

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Authors
Shih, M., Pittinsky, T. L., & Ambady, N.
Affiliations
Harvard University (US)
Venue
Psychological Science
Published
1999-01
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
80-83
ISSN
  • 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-9280
OpenAlex
W2161577944
Cited by
1,366
References
1
Citations by year
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FWCI
79.79
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Psychological Science (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 › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Keywords
identity salience, quantitative performance, mathematics achievement, ethnic stereotypes, gender stereotypes, Asian American women, cross-cultural comparison, stereotype threat

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