Latent ability: Grades and test sores systematically underestimate the intellectual ability of negatively stereotyped students

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1132-1139

  Walton, Gregory M ^a   Spencer, Steven J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; APTITUDE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; UNDERACHIEVEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549088654     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02417.x     Document Type: Article

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