Stereotype threat, identity salience, and spatial reasoning

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 486-493

  McGlone, Matthew S ^a   Aronson, Joshua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity; Sex differences; Spatial performance; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750615108     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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