When White Men Can't Do Math: Necessary and Sufficient Factors in Stereotype Threat

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-46

  Aronson, Joshua ^a   Lustina, Michael J ^a   Good, Catherine ^a   Keough, Kelli ^a   Steele, Claude M ^b   Brown, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University of Texas ^*

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EID: 0033480694     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.1998.1371     Document Type: Article

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