ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
The Adverse Effects of Stereotype Threat on the Speech Performance of Latina/o Students
- Gabriel Camacho
University of Connecticut - Diane Quinn
University of Connecticut
Abstract
Latina/o students randomly assigned to read out loud a standardized reading comprehension passage described as diagnostic of linguistic ability generated a higher frequency of speech errors than Latina/o students randomly assigned to read the same passage described as non-diagnostic of linguistic ability and White students randomly assigned to either condition.
Race and Ethnicity