APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
The Positive Impact of Stereotype Threat: Preliminary Evidence for the Informative Role of Fear in Effort Mobilization
- Selma Korlat
University of Geneva - Selma Korlat
University of Sarajevo - Saša Drače
University of Sarajevo
Abstract
The purpose of present research was to explore the motivational mechanisms of affective influence in the positive stereotype threat effect. Two experimental studies provide evidence that threat-related feelings could be used as diagnostic information for the situational demands assessment and could regulate the mobilization of cognitive effort during task performance.
Motivation
