Date of Award
2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Psychology
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Kaufman, James C.
Second Advisor
Agars, Mark D.
Third Advisor
Reimer, Jason F.
Abstract
Stereotype threat is the fear that a person's behavior or performance will confirm an existing stereotype of a group with which that person identifies. The purpose of this study was to look at the effect of instruction and emphasis on the female performance on an analytical reasoning task. This study tested undergraduate students taking a psychology course from California State University at San Bernardino. In this thesis, the task was framed as either an analytical reasoning task, a creative reasoning task, or there was no framing present. This study found that performance did differ as a result of instruction type, with creative instruction yielding higher scores. Varying instruction type performance can improve performance on an analytical reasoning task.
Recommended Citation
Mitchell, Erica Rachel, "Instruction type and stereotype threat in analytical reasoning: Can creativity help?" (2008). Theses Digitization Project. 3362.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3362
