A large number of studies have demonstrated that the activation of stereotype threats can have a significant impact on the performance of cognitive tasks. However, little research has examined whether stereotype threats can impact self-attributions. The present study investigated whether participants responding on the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), a self-report measure assessing self-perceptions regarding one's degree of identification with the trait of empathy, would be impacted by introducing a stereotype threat. The 28-item Likert scale format IRI produces a Global IRI score and Four IRI subscale scores that assess for particular aspects of empathy. Participants included 203 female and 48 male undergraduate students (M = 26.13 years). Using a web-link, participants completed the IRI and a demographic questionnaire online. Participants were assigned to either a stereotype threat condition or control condition and grouped by gender yielding a two by two between-participants factorial design. Main effects were calculated for each condition in a given analysis. Male stereotype threat condition participants did not endorse a clear trend of lower identification with the construct of empathy when compared to male non-stereotype threat condition participants, but female participants, when compared to males, generally exhibited slightly higher IRI scores. Female, stereotype threat condition participants, when compared to female non-stereotype threat condition participants, did not endorse holding lower empathetic potential. A main effect in the expected direction was found for gender on the IRI Perspective-Taking subscale. Specifically, this finding suggests the IRI Perspective-Taking subscale may tap a particular aspect of empathy where women show a significantly higher identification than men. When considering male and female participants together, stereotype threat condition participants displayed significantly lower IRI Perspective-Taking subscale scores compared to non-stereotype threat participants. This finding was unexpected as female participants were not expected to display decreases in their IRI scores regardless of condition assignment. When considering female participants only, females in the stereotype threat condition displayed significantly higher IRI Fantasy subscale scores compared to female participants in the non-stereotype condition. This suggests that a possible positive stereotype boost in a particular aspect of empathy was observed in female stereotype condition participants.