Claude M. Steele

Whistling Vivaldi by Claude M. Steele, who has been called "one of the few great social psychologists," offers a vivid first-person account of the research that supports his groundbreaking conclusions on stereotypes and identity. He sheds new light on American social phenomena from racial and gender gaps in test scores to the belief in the superior athletic prowess of black...

Nearly two decades after the publication of Whistling Vivaldi, a landmark work that analysed stereotype threats and how we can mitigate their corrosive effects, the legendary social psychologist Claude M. Steele returns with an equally ambitious work that examines "churn"—the mental agitation and physical stress we can experience in diverse settings in everyday life—and the surprising role that trust-building can...