Running head: REDUCING STEREOTYPE THREAT Reducing stereotype threat by blurring intergroup boundaries
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We aimed to establish whether interventions designed to reduce intergroup bias could be applied to the stereotype threat domain. In three experiments we tested the hypothesis that blurring intergroup boundaries would reduce stereotype threat. In the first study we found that female participants who thought about characteristics shared between the genders tended to show less preference for stereotypical female careers than participants in the baseline condition. In Experiment 2 participants who thought about overlapping characteristics answered more math questions correctly compared to a baseline group and participants who though about differences between the genders. In Experiment 3 we included a specific threat manipulation. Participants who completed the overlapping characteristics task before receiving the threat completed significantly more math questions correctly than participants in the baseline and threat conditions. The findings support the idea that interventions designed to reduce intergroup bias can be applied successfully in the reduction of stereotype threat.
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