Posts Tagged ‘stereotypes’
‘Men get math’ fails to explain gender gap
U. LEEDS (UK) / U. MISSOURI (US) — New research calls into question the theory claiming the “men are better at math” stereotype fuels the gender gap in mathematic fields. Continue…
Monday, January 23, 2012 11:46 - 12 Comments
Society & Culture - Dec 6, 2011 10:17 - 2 Comments
Language may trump race for young kids
U. CHICAGO (US) — Researchers have found that for younger white children, language can loom larger than race in defining a person’s identity. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 27, 2011 10:21 - 0 Comments
Students who feel stereotyped fail to perform
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — The threat of a negative stereotype increases mind-wandering, which in turn can lead to a drop in performance, new research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 6, 2011 10:51 - 11 Comments
Do sex hormones drive career choice?
PENN STATE (US) — Teacher, pilot, nurse, or engineer? Sex hormones strongly influence people’s interests, which affect the kinds of occupations they choose, according to psychologists. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 15, 2011 15:15 - 25 Comments
Sex appeal: Women kiss science goodbye
U. BUFFALO (US) — When a woman’s goal is to be romantically desirable, she distances herself from academic majors and activities related to science, technology, engineering, and math. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 15, 2011 16:43 - 1 Comment
Leadership remains a man’s world
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Still perceived as less qualified for leadership roles, women who engage in behavior necessary for positions of power, are usually seen as inappropriate and presumptuous. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 21, 2011 15:12 - 19 Comments
Girls subtracted from math equation
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Children believe the stereotype that math is for boys, not for girls, and even go as far as identifying themselves that way, according to a new study. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 3, 2010 12:16 - 4 Comments
‘I think I can’ slims physics gender gap
U. COLORADO (US) — A ‘values affirmation’ writing exercise largely overcomes a gap in which women perform more poorly than men in college level introductory physics. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 17, 2010 12:37 - 1 Comment
Reading, writing, and stereotyping
PENN STATE (US) — When preschool teachers highlight gender differences to their students, they can inadvertently offer lessons in stereotypes. (more…)
Best of 2010, Society & Culture - Nov 9, 2010 11:32 - 17 Comments
Reference letters cost women jobs?
RICE (US) — Qualities mentioned in recommendation letters for women differ sharply from those for men, and those differences may hurt a woman’s chance of being hired or promoted. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 27, 2010 11:18 - 1 Comment
Black youth plug in to politics
U. CHICAGO (US) — Stereotypes of black youth that they are politically detached and negatively influenced by rap music and videos are false, according to a new study. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 31, 2010 17:16 - 6 Comments
How social work has failed black men
U. CHICAGO (US)—Among disadvantaged people in the United States, the most needy and least helped are perhaps African-American men, according to a new book that details the disadvantages that black men face and suggests ways social workers can help. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 29, 2010 11:55 - 3 Comments
Why modest guys might not get the job
RUTGERS (US)—A new study finds a backlash against men who act modestly in a job interview. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 13, 2010 11:58 - 5 Comments
Are teens just a bunch of selfish slackers?
MICHIGAN STATE (US)—Teens are no more egotistical than previous generations, new research shows, despite previous studies that described today’s youth as self-centered and antisocial. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 15, 2010 10:02 - 0 Comments
Can lookalike avatars help us shape up?
STANFORD (US)—If you saw a digital image of yourself running on a virtual treadmill, would you feel like going to the gym? Probably so, according to a study showing that personalized avatars can motivate people to exercise and eat right. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 15, 2010 13:22 - 1 Comment
Word choice can challenge stereotypes
NYU (US)—What you say and how you say it can lessen the effects of “stereotype threats,” new research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 1, 2010 17:05 - 9 Comments
Girls learn lesson in math anxiety
U. CHICAGO (US)—Female elementary school teachers can pass on their anxiety and stereotypes about math to female students, research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 9, 2009 11:43 - 7 Comments
Googling God
PENN STATE (US)—Online searches of a spiritual nature are not on the decline in the United States despite that fact that most search engines perform poorly in response to religious queries, researchers find. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 23, 2009 18:24 - 2 Comments
Skin tone through a political lens
NYU (US)—Political beliefs may affect perceptions of skin tone. People perceive lighter skin tone to be more representative of a candidate with whom they share political ideology than darker skin tone, a new study finds. (more…)
