Several studies, mainly with US college students, have measured stereotype threat and investigated the ways in which it can be manipulated experimentally.
Finson (2002) and Schneider (2010) provide extensive reviews of the history of measuring stereotypes of scientists.
This survey could be combined with additional qualitative prompts and provided alongside quantitative surveys to create a more powerful mixed-methods approach to measuring stereotypes.
We report experiments aimed at determining the level of simulation required to obtain valid measures of stereotype strength relating control movement to display movement.
Participants (N = 74) with a primary diagnosis of social anxiety disorder who were eligible to participate in the parent study and who self-identified as either "African American" (n = 31) or "Caucasian" (n = 43) completed standardized self-report measures of stereotype confirmation concerns (SCC) and social anxiety symptoms as part of a pre-treatment assessment battery.
The study evaluated the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) scale, designed to measure the subjective experience of stigma, with subscales measuring Alienation, Stereotype Endorsement, Perceived Discrimination, Social Withdrawal and Stigma Resistance.
The Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale (ISMI;[ 45] is a self-rating questionnaire designed to measure the subjective experience of stigma, with subscales measuring Alienation, Stereotype Endorsement, Perceived Discrimination, Social Withdrawal and Stigma Resistance.
So they stuck to more objective measures: violence, stereotyping, sexual innuendo and problematic language.
In order to obtain a correct measure of stereotype strength, it appears necessary to use simulations very close to the real hardware.
Importantly, the measure of stereotype confirmation concerns did not specifically assess which stereotype(s) participants were concerned about confirming (e.g., gender, race, religion).
