While they do not dismiss stereotype threat as a valid hypothesis, they do call into question the strength of the effect on achievement and performance, and they caution researchers and policy makers alike to consider the vast array of other possible contributing factors to the gender achievement gap.
Of course, it's just a survey and every finding is simply a correlation, so it's more about dismissing stereotypes about gamers than saying "gamers are better!" A commenter points out that many of these things (gaming, going out with people) also correlate with simply having free time, although having free time doesn't really correlate with earning more.
Now, while watching season four, I feel like slapping myself for getting so caught up in a tale of fiction and for not dismissing stereotypes when I had the chance.
She is quick to dismiss the stereotype.
Wang describes a severe math-loving father and a mother who can't or won't assimilate, but they are far too specific, too human to be dismissed as stereotypes.
Although the height incongruities create opportunities for comedy, Mr. Breuer does not envision the production as a spoof but as an emotional deconstruction of characters who are too easily dismissed as stereotypes.
And the more you credit that these characters are perfectly plausible, the more you dismiss the very stereotypes that The Sellout challenges from the opening line of the book: "This may be hard to believe, coming from a black man, but I've never stolen anything".
As young people lined outside the main ballroom for the final performance, Cheifetz dismissed the stereotype that Broadway is just for the middle-aged people with money to spend on the tickets, which often cost a couple of hundred dollars each. "It's not true.
But in an era where a single tweet can push a grievance into a maelstrom of publicity, it's no longer rare for film-makers to find themselves being held to account by communities angry that their culture and way of life is being dismissed or stereotyped by Hollywood.
Before dismissing the stereotype entirely, I wondered about the technique of facial profiling.
