When Positive Stereotypes Threaten Intellectual Performance: The Psychological Hazards of "Model Minority" Status

Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 399-402

  Cheryan, Sapna ^b   Bodenhausen, Galen V ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL STRESS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MATHEMATICS; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034280144     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00277     Document Type: Article

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