By Claude M. Steele
ISBN-10: 039306249X
ISBN-13: 9780393062496
ISBN-10: 0393339726
ISBN-13: 9780393339727
The acclaimed social psychologist bargains an insider’s examine his learn and groundbreaking findings on stereotypes and identity.
Claude M. Steele, who has been referred to as “one of the few nice social psychologists,” bargains a shiny first-person account of the learn that helps his groundbreaking conclusions on stereotypes and id. He sheds new mild on American social phenomena from racial and gender gaps in try ratings to the idea within the more desirable athletic prowess of black males, and lays out a plan for mitigating those “stereotype threats” and reshaping American identities.
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