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Is Poverty on Young Minds? Stereotype Endorsement, Disadvantage Awareness, and Social-Emotional Challenges in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Children
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Heberle, Amy E.; Carter, Alice S. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with social-emotional difficulties, including internalizing and externalizing problems, as early as toddlerhood. The aim of the current study was to understand whether economically disadvantaged children's beliefs about the consequences and correlates of poverty (poverty stereotypes) and their beliefs about…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Poverty, Socioeconomic Status, Economically Disadvantaged
Stereotype Threat and the Standardized Testing Experiences of African American Children at an Urban Elementary School
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Wasserberg, Martin J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Stereotype threat (Steele & Aronson, 1995) refers to the risk of confirming a negative stereotype about one's group in a particular performance domain. The theory assumes that performance in the stereotyped domain is most negatively affected when individuals are more highly identified with the domain in question. As federal law has increased the…
Descriptors: African American Students, Stereotypes, Federal Legislation, Focus Groups
Teaching on the Edge: The Psychology of Sexual Orientation.
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Bohan, Janis S. – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Describes the development and execution of a course entitled, "The Psychology of Sexual Orientation," the purpose of which is to examine the experiences of lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in a thoughtful, scholarly, and informative manner. Course content addresses a broad range of issues including sexual norms, heterosexism,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Anxiety, Change Strategies, College Instruction