Whistling Vivaldi - And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us

Here, social psychologist Claude M. Steele offers an insider's look at his findings on stereotypes and identity. Through dramatic personal stories, he shares the experiments and studies that show, again and again, that exposing subjects to stereotypes impairs their performance in the area affected by the stereotype.

About the author

Claude Steele is the provost of Columbia University. He is the author of numerous published articles and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Education, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Product details

• Authors: Claude M Steele, Claude M. Steele
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.04.2010
• EAN: 9780393062496
• ISBN: 978-0-393-06249-6
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 512 g
• Series: Issues of Our Time (Norton Har; Issues of Our Time (Norton Har; Issues of Our Time
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works