Stereotype threat is a proposed explanation for the Black-White IQ gap.
But is it real?🧵
In the original study, the scores for Blacks and Whites in conditions of stereotype threat and without that threat looked like this:
Most people read about stereotype threat and think it fully explains the Black-White gap in scores, as in this hypothetical model:
But look back at the first figure and you'll notice the words "Adjusted by SAT."
That's right: in its original study, stereotype threat was something *added on top of* the existing Black-White gap, not something that explains it.
The reality of the test was more like this:
That's right: in its original study, stereotype threat was something *added on top of* the existing Black-White gap, not something that explains it.
The reality of the test was more like this:
Even though the correct interpretation of the first plot is figure C, most journal articles and many textbooks still provided the incorrect figure B interpretation as of 2019!
Oh, and another thing:
The whole thing fell prey to its own replication crisis and it's not really a thing.
To learn more about that, check out my latest article: cremieux.xyz/p/maybe-youre-…
The whole thing fell prey to its own replication crisis and it's not really a thing.
To learn more about that, check out my latest article: cremieux.xyz/p/maybe-youre-…
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