In a study on stereotype threat,Quinn and Spencer (2001)had female and male participants engage in mathematical reasoning tasks.In one condition (group A),participants were told that the test was gender fair,yielding equivalent performance between men and women.The other group (group B)was given no such instruction.The results showed that

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The study by Quinn and Spencer (2001) on stereotype threat demonstrated that when participants were not told the test was gender fair (group B), men outperformed women. This suggests that the absence of reassurance about gender fairness may activate stereotype threat among women, leading to lower performance in mathematical reasoning tasks.

In a Study on Stereotype Threat,Quinn and Spencer (2001)had Female