Stereotypes of low-achieving students among senior high school students

Objective The study was designed to investigate stereotypes of low-achieving students among senior high students.Methods Totally,30 students from a key high school and 30 from an average high school were selected to take two implicit association tests.Results Senior high school students' average reaction time on the compatible tasks were significantly lower than on the incompatible task (tcompetence =14.37,tsociality =14.33,P<0.01),and the results of competence and sociality scale were significantly high than 0 (Mcompetence=1.16±1.03,Msociality=1.13±1.24,P<0.01);there was no correlation between implicit and exphcit stereotypes.Conclusion senior high students' competence and sociality;more attention should be paid on this phenomenon.