Innate Ability or Hard Work? (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Innate Ability or Hard Work?

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A new study indicates that exposure to broad generalizations about the likely success of a social group -- boys or girls, for example -- undermines both boys' and girls' performance on a challenging task.

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