Stereotype threat among children attending adapted courses (7-10 years old): A study in a quasi-ordinary classroom
Résumé
The aim of the present studies was to explore if students attending 1 AC (adapted classes - remedial training, 3 times a week; 7-10 years) have a bad reputation (are considered as less able than RC students – Regular Classes) and if this bad reputation can make them vulnerable to stereotype threat. Study 1 assessed self-perceptions of students from adapted (AC) and regular classes (RC) as well as other-perceptions of RC students and meta-perceptions of AC students. Results showed that RC students perceived themselves more positively than they perceived AC students and that self-perceptions of AC students were less positive than those of RC students. They also showed that the meta-perceptions of AC students were similar to the other-perceptions of RC students. Study 2, ran 15 days after, showed that the performance of AC students was impaired when under stereotype threat. Study 3 replicated Study 2 and showed that the effect of stereotype threat on performance was still there even after controlling for initial self-perceptions. It also showed that self-perceptions of both groups lowered after the threat.
Domaines
Psychologie
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