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The Obama Effect, Perhaps.

January 27, 2009 00:17:04 16.45 MB Downloads: 0

When Jad and Robert saw this article about a study that found a link between President Obama's election, and the test scores of African Americans, it made them think about an earlier study by Claude Steele,about a psychological effect called "stereotype threat."