---
title: "Stereotype Threat"
artifact: "highlights"
resource_person: "Claude Steele"
resource_person_role: "Social psychologist and co-author of the foundational stereotype-threat research"
vertical: "psychological-literacy"
module: "Psychologically Safe Classrooms"
lesson: "Stereotype Threat"
lesson_key: "stereotype-threat"
source: "curated"
source_channel: "Not In Our School"
---
# Stereotype Threat: Highlights

**Resource person:** Claude Steele - Social psychologist and co-author of the foundational stereotype-threat research

**Curated from:** Not In Our School

1. Stereotype threat is triggered by a situation in which a negative group stereotype feels relevant.
2. A student can experience the pressure even when they reject the stereotype.
3. Caring about the domain can make the evaluative threat more consequential.
4. Attention spent managing judgment can interfere with performance.
5. Identity safety comes from credible belonging and fair treatment.
6. The size and generality of the effect remain subjects of research debate.