“Stereotype threat” is often thought of as a singular construct, with moderators and
mechanisms that are stable across groups and domains. However, this is not always true. To …

Gender stereotypes have descriptive components, or beliefs about how males and females
typically act, as well as prescriptive components, or beliefs about how males and females …

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology continues to be one of the most sought after
and most often cited series in this field. Containing contributions of major empirical and …

Brand acquisitions are a popular growth strategy. However, both anecdotal evidence and
initial empirical evidence suggest that acquisitions can harm the acquired brand. This article …

We report the first investigation of whether observers draw information about mindsets from
behavior, specifically prejudice confrontation. We tested two questions across 10 studies …

Implicit theories are a priori beliefs about the features and properties of objects, including
humans. In this chapter, I describe research examining the effects of implicit theories on …

Many areas of social psychological research investigate how social information may bias
judgment. However, most measures of social judgment biases are (1) low in reliability …

The goal of the current manuscript is to embed the theory of mindsets about malleability in
workplace contexts. We first define fixed-growth mindsets and the methods that have to date …

Past research has demonstrated that older adults are stereotyped as less malleable than
young adults. Moreover, beliefs that people are less malleable are associated with lower …

Although adult women and men receive social and economic penalties for violating
prescriptive gender stereotypes, few studies have explored the consequences that children …