Stereotype Threat Theory

Identity contigentingencies triggered stereotype threat which can affect student athletic performance by reducing confidence and making the student feel anxious. According to Steele’s research and the experiment conduct by a group of social psychologists at Princeton University if the student were “ told that the golfing task measures based on the very trait of their group was stereotyped as lacking, just before they began the task , cut out the student in a quandary : their frustration on task can be seen as confirming the stereotype both themselves and their group”(8-9). Evidently, Steele’s Research and Princeton University’s experiment demonstrate that the feeling of weight and anxiety the white students have to carry affects the student's performance. As student are concern about their identity, it became a threat in the air and everything with the same concern can affect the student's or their group members ability to perform their best. …show more content…
In fact, it because they lose confidence because of stereotypes and are anxiety and worry about confirming the stereotype threat against themselves or their group member. In addition to that Steele stated that “the black students, suffering their form of stereotype threat during the golfing task, golf drastically worse than the white students” (10). He explain that the black students suffering from the stereotype threat that directly interfere with identities contingency. The result clearly show that stereotype threat is so strong that it occupy most of the people brain.making it difficult to break down the