PSY322 Summer 2018: Stereotype and Prejudice Effects Analysis

This essay delves into the pervasive issues of stereotype and prejudice in modern society, particularly focusing on the impact of racism and related ideologies. It examines how self-conception is affected by societal racism, using the disparity in school retention rates between white and black American children as a key indicator. The essay discusses the causes of increased dropout rates, highlighting the role of environmental anxiety and its influence on students' self-perception and psychological well-being. It further analyzes how stereotype threat affects various student groups, leading to lower self-esteem and underestimation of abilities among African American students compared to their white counterparts. Through a scenario involving SAT test scores, the essay demonstrates how racial discrimination and stereotyping negatively impact performance, attributing it to self-doubt and a sense of self-handicap rather than inherent intellectual differences. The findings underscore the significant effects of racial biases on overall societal outcomes.

Running head: STEREOTYPE AND PREJUDICE EFFECTS
STEREOTYPE AND PREJUDICE EFFECTS
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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The stereotype and the prejudice is one of the major issues faced by the majority of the
society in the modern scenario. The preoccupation of the author with the racism comes from the
ideology of the development of the theories related to religious and the other contexts that are
present in the modern society. One of the major issues that has to be taken in consideration is the
fact that the self-conception of the individual in the society is relative to the overall development
of the ideology of racism in the contemporary society.
The gaps in the school retention rates of the children of the white and the black American
descent is taken as the main criterion of the consideration of the different ideals relating to the
relative development of the different ideologies in the society. One of the major concepts that has
to be taken into consideration is the cause of the increased dropout rates in the different schools
and the society. There are number of literature citing the causal effects of the dropout rates of
the different schools in the different societies around the world. The relative aspects of the
different scenarios faced by the students of different ethnic backgrounds leads to the higher
dropout rates.
The anxiety in the environment related to this amount of racism that is present in the culture that
is present in the country. The self-perception of the students are also important in maintaining the
emotional balance and the psychological welfare in the society. There are a number of student
groups that are affected by the stereotype threat presented in the American society. The amount
of self-esteem is so low that with similar preparation that's African American students
underestimate themselves in contrast to their white counterparts.
In the given scenario the students have to undergo s a t test and the scores are compared to assess
the wonder estimation by the African American students in comparison to the white counterparts.

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The feedback would be given at the end of the session and the participants were proudly
informed about the skill test. The given test the dark skin participants performed much worse
than their white skin counterparts because of the lack of self-sufficiency and self-esteem leading
to the lower confidence levels in the performance. In the test there were a different type of self-
esteem issues that one noticed some of them includes self-doubt stereotypes and racial issues
among the children. This induces an idea of self-handicap among the students which ended their
abilities to perform better in contrast to their white counterparts.
Deliver performance course you usually scored by the plant that they were initially discriminated
against. They do not have lower IQ or any such issues with the self-doubt and the lack of
confidence among the African Americans and black population that leads to such results. The
results show the effects of the racial discrimination and the stereotyping on the overall
performance of the people in the society.

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Bibliography
Steele, C. M. & Aronson, J. (1995). Stereotype threat and the intellectual test performance of
African Americans. Attitudes and Social Cognition, 69(5), 797-811.