The can and cannot do attitude: How self-estimates of ability vary across ethnic and socioeconomic groups

摘要: Abstract How people think about their own abilities is an important predictor of educational and work attainment. This study examines group differences in the self-concept intelligence creativity. We compared ability relation to ethnic membership (White, African American, Hispanic) social class (working class, middle class) a large sample undergraduate students ( N  = 3289). Both ethnicity were related self-estimates (favoring White students), with being stronger for than creative abilities. show advantage comparison minority working students. For creativity, however, only Hispanic, but not American