Stereotype Threat Reinterpreted as a Regulatory Mismatch

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 288-304

  Grimm, Lisa R ^a   Markman, Arthur B ^a   Maddox, W Todd ^a   Baldwin, Grant C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

category learning; math; motivation; regulatory fit; stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFFECT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 60749111264     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013463     Document Type: Article

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