In: Sex roles : a journal of research, 59 (2008), Nr. 3. S. 274-281. ISSN 0360-0025
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Abstract
The effects of gender stereotype activation by priming on performance in a spatial task were investigated among a mixed adult sample (including students) of 161 men and women (mean age=31.90) from Austria (Europe). They were assigned to one of four experimental groups according to gender and stereotype activation condition. After a male or female gender stereotype activating task, participants worked on a test assessing mental rotation (three-dimensional cube test, Gittler 1990). A significant main effect of priming on the performance in the mental rotation task emerged. Cohen’s d showed a pronounced gender difference emerging only in the female priming condition (d=.59), whereas it disappeared in the male priming condition (d=.01).
Dokumententyp: | Artikel |
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Titel der Zeitschrift: | Sex roles : a journal of research |
Band: | 59 |
Nummer: | 3 |
Verlag: | Springer |
Ort der Veröffentlichung: | New York, NY |
Erstellungsdatum: | 10 Sep. 2015 12:40 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2008 |
ISSN: | 0360-0025 |
Seitenbereich: | S. 274-281 |
Institute/Einrichtungen: | Fakultät für Verhaltens- und Empirische Kulturwissenschaften > Psychologisches Institut |
DDC-Sachgruppe: | 150 Psychologie |
Freie Schlagwörter: | Gender priming; Gender differences; Spatial skills; Mental rotation; Test fairness |