“Math is hard!” (BarbieTM, 1994) responses of threat vs. challenge-mediated arousal to stereotypes alleging intellectual inferiority

Gender Differences in Mathematics: An Integrative Psychological Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 189-206

  Ben Zeev, Talia ^a   Carrasquillo, Cristina M ^a   Ching, Alison M L ^a   Kliengklom, Tattiya J ^a   McDonald, Kristen L ^a   Newhall, Daniel C ^a   Patton, Gillian E ^a   Stewart, Tiffany D ^a   Stoddard, Tonya ^a   Inzlicht, Michael ^b   Fein, Steven ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84923547202     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511614446.010     Document Type: Chapter

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