Social class is dead. Long live social class! Stereotype threat among low socioeconomic status individuals

Social Justice Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 418-432

  Spencer, Bettina ^a   Castano, Emanuele ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

GRE; Social class; Socioeconomic status; Standardized testing; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 37449002296     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-007-0047-7     Document Type: Article

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