Stereotype threat physically manifests as elevated heart rate and blood pressure during challenging tasks.

Evidence

Stereotype threat is the frequently unconscious fear that one’s actions may confirm stereotypes that others hold about oneself (Steele, 2010). Stereotype threat can cause individuals to attempt to discern whether they are confirming negative racial stereotypes or whether they are being judged based on those stereotypes (Cohen & Garcia, 2005). The physical manifestation of this conflict can be detected in both the body and brain, through increased heart rate and rising blood pressure, and in the brain regions that regulate emotion (Walton & Spencer, 2009). — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 1374

Categorization

• QUESTION: The paragraph gets cut off at ‘through increased’ — worth chasing the full physiological and neural picture the authors intend to describe.