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Park, Daeun; Schaeffer, Marjorie W.; Nolla, Kyle M.; Levine, Susan C.; Beilock, Sian L. – Developmental Science, 2017
Generic statements about the abilities of children's social groups (e.g. "Girls/Boys are good at this game") negatively impact children's performance--even if the statements are favorable towards children's own social groups. We explored the mechanism by which generic language impairs children's performance. Across three studies, our…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Children, Performance, Correlation