Self Fulfilling Stereotypes

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The article “How a Self Fulfilling Stereotype Can Drag Your down Performance” main’s concept is to show the common negative stereotypes and how they can affect you. The author Shankar Vedantam shows the concept by giving real life examples. Such as how if a man and women have the same SAT score, that the man is more likely to be chosen due to the greater success he may produce rather than the women. The author then goes to defend against these stereotypes with statistics that shut down the other side of argument. The author continues with this throughout the article The article goes on to prove that the more people hear negativity and false things about them the more it brings them down. Emotionally, Mentally, and Physically it can affect

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