Claude Steele

school psychologist, Columbia University provost, and the author of Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us

Claude Steele appears in the following:

Stereothreat

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Today, we look back at a story we ran almost a decade ago, run into an unfolding upheaval in the field of social psychology, and wonder what might happen to one of our favorite ideas.
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Inner Voices

Thursday, June 27, 2013

How the voices in our heads shape us—for better and for worse.

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How Stereotypes Affect Us

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Acclaimed social psychologist Claude Steele describes studies that show that exposing subjects to stereotypes—reminding female math majors about to take a test that women are considered inferior to men at math—impairs their performance. In Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us he sheds new light on a number of American social phenomena, from the racial and gender gaps in standardized test scores to the belief in the superior athletic prowess of black men.

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