Eh, I mean the stereotype being "activated" is that Black people are less intelligent / have lower IQs, not that they lack problem-solving skills.
Even the replication attempt had two scenarios:
1 where women were told the test was to establish performance levels on the test between men and women
1 where they were told the test was a test of problem-solving skill (or primed to disregard negative stereotypes before the test).
So even the replication has the incorrect framing you worried about. I tend to believe the problem wasn't this, but the way the field was lax about sampling, methodology, etc. After all, there were many stereotype threat studies, not just this one, boasting similar results. And they didn't all use that framing.
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Eh, I mean the stereotype being "activated" is that Black people are less intelligent / have lower IQs, not that they lack problem-solving skills.
Even the replication attempt had two scenarios:
1 where women were told the test was to establish performance levels on the test between men and women
1 where they were told the test was a test of problem-solving skill (or primed to disregard negative stereotypes before the test).
So even the replication has the incorrect framing you worried about. I tend to believe the problem wasn't this, but the way the field was lax about sampling, methodology, etc. After all, there were many stereotype threat studies, not just this one, boasting similar results. And they didn't all use that framing.