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Whistling Vivaldi : and other clues to how stereotypes affect us / Claude M. Steele.

By: Series: Issues of our time (W.W. Norton & Company)Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 242 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780393062496 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.3/85 22
LOC classification:
  • HM1096 .S736 2010
Contents:
An introduction : at the root of identity -- A mysterious link between identity and intellectual performance -- Stereotype threat comes to light, and in more than one group -- A broader view of identity : in the lives of Anatole Broyard, Amin Maalouf, and the rest of us -- The many experiences of stereotype threat -- Identity threat and the efforting life -- The mind on stereotype threat : racing and overloaded -- The strength of stereotype threat : the role of cues -- Reducing identity and stereotype threat : a new hope -- The distance between us : the role of identity threat -- Conclusion : identity as a bridge between us.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-230) and index.

An introduction : at the root of identity -- A mysterious link between identity and intellectual performance -- Stereotype threat comes to light, and in more than one group -- A broader view of identity : in the lives of Anatole Broyard, Amin Maalouf, and the rest of us -- The many experiences of stereotype threat -- Identity threat and the efforting life -- The mind on stereotype threat : racing and overloaded -- The strength of stereotype threat : the role of cues -- Reducing identity and stereotype threat : a new hope -- The distance between us : the role of identity threat -- Conclusion : identity as a bridge between us.

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