A summary of rather counterintuitive results of the effect of priming on raising people’s performance on various tests of cognitive abilities, and the ability to negate (or enhance) the effects of stereotype threat through priming:
Yes, effects that raise performance are good because they rule out a number of problematic mechanisms. However, this experiment has no control group and thus it does not have this benefit.
A summary of rather counterintuitive results of the effect of priming on raising people’s performance on various tests of cognitive abilities, and the ability to negate (or enhance) the effects of stereotype threat through priming:
“Picture yourself as a stereotypical male”
(It’s not all about gender, either. Some of it is about race! How exciting!)
http://slatestarscratchpad.tumblr.com/post/128364907116/gruntledandhinged-drethelin-shlevy
Yes, effects that raise performance are good because they rule out a number of problematic mechanisms. However, this experiment has no control group and thus it does not have this benefit.