When members of a stigmatized group find themselves in a situation where negative
stereotypes provide a possible framework for interpreting their behavior, the risk of being …

[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Gender in Physics.] This focused collection
explores inequalities in the experiences of women in physics. Yet, it is important for …

For nearly a century, scholars have sought to understand, measure, and explain giftedness.
Succeeding theories and empirical investigations have often built on earlier work …

W hat individual differences in gender are important to study? Because gender refers to the
cultural meanings ascribed to male and female social categories in societies, psychologists …

We review developments in personnel selection since the previous review by in the Annual
Review of Psychology. We organize the review around a taxonomic structure of possible …

Three studies investigated antecedents and consequences of stereotype threat for female
employees. The results of Studies 1 and 2 suggest that social comparisons with men are …

Stereotype threat is an uncomfortable psychological state that has been shown to impair
cognitive ability test scores. It is an open question whether and in what ways it affects …

In this monograph, the authors advanced a set of interrelated arguments: The abilities of
individuals do matter, particularly their abilities in specific talent domains; different talent …

Stereotype threat theory has gained experimental and survey-based support in helping
explain the academic underperformance of minority students at selective colleges and …

Stereotypes about different groups persist in organizations. Employees from such groups
may experience stereotype threat, or the concern that they are being judged on the basis of …