Educational Institute
-Two test takers, one African-American and one white, are told that a test they are about to take will measure their intelligence. The African-American student scores lower than the white student. The two take a similar test, but this time they are not told anything before the test and both students have almost the same score. What does such an experiment test?

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This experiment is a test of the stereotype effect, which refers to the effect of a person believing a stereotype about his or her self and performing according to the stereotype. The African-American may believe that he or she has a lower ability due to ethnicity, and the test giver has reminded the student of that stereotype by introducing the statement about ability.

Educational Institute -Two Test Takers, One African-American and One White, Are Told