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McGuigan, Nicola – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2007
Young preschool children aged 2 and 3 years were exposed to a novel paradigm designed to train visual perception skills. The results indicate that children of this age can be trained to perform a percept deprivation task that requires a sophisticated understanding of attention not normally mastered until 3.5-4 years. Results are discussed with…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Visual Perception, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Visual Stimuli
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Kellow, J. Thomas; Jones, Brett D. – Current Issues in Education, 2005
"Stereotype threat" refers to the risk associated with confirming a negative stereotype based on group membership. We examined this effect in a sample of African-American high school students. Stereotype threat was manipulated by presenting a visual spatial reasoning test as (a) diagnostic of mathematical ability or (b) a culture and…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Stereotypes, High Stakes Tests, High School Students