Book contents
- In the Know
- In the Know
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Section 1 The Nature of Intelligence
- Section 2 Measuring Intelligence
- Section 3 Influences on Intelligence
- Section 4 Intelligence and Education
- Section 5 Life Consequences of Intelligence
- Section 6 Demographic Group Differences
- 27 Males and Females Have the Same Distribution of IQ Scores
- 28 Racial/Ethnic Group IQ Differences Are Completely Environmental in Origin
- 29 Unique Influences Operate on One Group’s Intelligence Test Scores
- 30 Stereotype Threat Explains Score Gaps among Demographic Groups
- Section 7 Societal and Ethical Issues
- References
- Index
30 - Stereotype Threat Explains Score Gaps among Demographic Groups
from Section 6 - Demographic Group Differences
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 October 2020
- In the Know
- In the Know
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Section 1 The Nature of Intelligence
- Section 2 Measuring Intelligence
- Section 3 Influences on Intelligence
- Section 4 Intelligence and Education
- Section 5 Life Consequences of Intelligence
- Section 6 Demographic Group Differences
- 27 Males and Females Have the Same Distribution of IQ Scores
- 28 Racial/Ethnic Group IQ Differences Are Completely Environmental in Origin
- 29 Unique Influences Operate on One Group’s Intelligence Test Scores
- 30 Stereotype Threat Explains Score Gaps among Demographic Groups
- Section 7 Societal and Ethical Issues
- References
- Index
Summary
This is the final installment in a trilogy of chapters about the potential causes of average differences in IQ scores across racial and ethnic groups. Chapter 28 presented evidence that the differences in score averages are unlikely to be entirely environmental in origin. Chapter 29 discussed the possibility of X-factors that could operate on a single racial group while leaving another group’s IQ scores untouched. The conclusion was that commonly proposed X-factors do not meet the necessary requirements to lower IQ and make average differences in intelligence entirely environmental. This chapter discusses one final proposed X-factor that is popular among psychologists, but which has had empirical difficulties in recent years that severely undermine its ability to explain average score differences. The proposed X-factor is called stereotype threat.
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- In the KnowDebunking 35 Myths about Human Intelligence, pp. 273 - 282Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020