Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do

Claude M Steele
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
April 04 2011
EAN: 9780393339727
ISBN: 0393339726

Synopsis: Claude M. Steele, who has been called "one of the few great social psychologists," offers a vivid first-person account of the research that supports his groundbreaking conclusions on stereotypes and identity. He sheds new light on American social phenomena from racial and gender gaps in test scores to the belief in the superior athletic prowess of black men, and lays out a plan for mitigating these "stereotype threats" and reshaping American identities.