Name at least three strategies that can be employed to reduce stereotype threat
What will be an ideal response?
Stereotype threat can be reduced with a number of situational changes, some of which
are very minor. First, simply telling a test-taker that the task is not indicative of his or
her intellectual abilities can reduce stereotype threat. Second, encouraging students to
think of intelligence as malleable rather than fixed can make those students less
vulnerable to stereotype threat. Finally, simply asking students to think about the values
and interests that are very important to them (and that are not under threat) can reduce
the risk of them falling prey to stereotype threat on an assessment.
Psychology