Whistling Vivaldi

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SOCIOLOGY ^W^ Whistling Vivaldi is part of the "Issues of Our Time" ^^^ series edited by henry louis gates Jr. "Claude Steele is one of the few great social psychologists wliose impact 011 the larger eultiire is immense. . . . [He] helps us conceive of race as a erucial buttress to our precious yet preearious experiment in democracy." -C0RNEL WEST, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY * Nothing explains this tour de force better than the title itself, which refers to the revealing story of a young black man who realizes that he can defuse the fears of white people by whistling melodies from Vivaldi. With this and countless other examples, drawn from a life of groundbreaking research, the eminent social psychologist Claude M. Steele shecls new light on how pervasive stereotypes can actually influence behavior and perforrnance, and how these stereotypes, left unexamined, perpetuate themselves. Whistling Vivaldi provides a necessary blueprint for reshaping American identity. "Whistling Vivaldi... Tovább

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SOCIOLOGY ^W^ Whistling Vivaldi is part of the "Issues of Our Time" ^^^ series edited by henry louis gates Jr. "Claude Steele is one of the few great social psychologists wliose impact 011 the larger eultiire is immense. . . . [He] helps us conceive of race as a erucial buttress to our precious yet preearious experiment in democracy." -C0RNEL WEST, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY * Nothing explains this tour de force better than the title itself, which refers to the revealing story of a young black man who realizes that he can defuse the fears of white people by whistling melodies from Vivaldi. With this and countless other examples, drawn from a life of groundbreaking research, the eminent social psychologist Claude M. Steele shecls new light on how pervasive stereotypes can actually influence behavior and perforrnance, and how these stereotypes, left unexamined, perpetuate themselves. Whistling Vivaldi provides a necessary blueprint for reshaping American identity. "Whistling Vivaldi startles, beguiles, and challenges as it exposes the myriad ways that threats to our identities exert a powerful stranglehold 011 our individual and collective psyche.'' -LANI GUINIER, Bennett Boskey Professor of Law, Har\^ard University "A remarkable story that begins with personal experience and sparks groundbreaking research on stereoty|3e threat, leadership of influential institutions, and- most important-interventions that make a genuine difference in society. -HOWARD GARDNER, author of Frames of Mind: The Theory ofMultiple Intelligences Vissza