Claims

When threatening conditions converge, low-SES students' performance is at its worst level

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2007 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q3 i? Performance of low-SES students is at its worst when the threatening conditions converge, relative to the other reported conditions. → Spencer 2007

Evidence

Spencer 2007

Spencer, B; Castano, E (2007). Social class is dead, long live social class! Stereotype threat among low-socioeconomic individuals. Social Justice Research. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11211-007-0047-7

q3 · i? · causal · r?

In the same four-condition experiment on SES-related threat, the article reports that combined threat conditions produced the lowest performance among low-SES students; no effect size or test statistic is printed in the available text.

"When threatening conditions converge, performance of low-SES students is at its worst level."

Discussion

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type claim
id converging-ses-threats-worst-performance
title When threatening conditions converge, low-SES students' performance is at its worst level
description When threatening conditions converge, low-SES students' performance is at its worst level
status review
evidence_strength moderate
newest_evidence 2007
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