1. Stigma as Ego Depletion
... of participant's physical stamina with a handgrip and then asked participants to complete a mood measure (in line with the cover story). After participants were informed that they would take a verbal or math test (although, none was actually given) and then were manipulated across the stereotype threat variable. In the stereotype threat variable, half of the participants were told that either the ... math or verbal test was indicative of ability (threat level) and half were told that gender differences did not influence test results in the past (no-threat level). The participants were ...
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