Modern Psychological Studies
Periodical Title
Modern Psychological Studies
Volume
18
Number
2
Page Numbers
pages 11-22
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Date
2013
Abstract
The current study seeks to identify the source of evaluation that causes stereotype threat for men and women in a math context. In a 2 (participant gender: male vs. female) X 3 (gender label: Match, Mismatch, Control) factorial design, male and female participants that identified highly with math were asked to take a math test. Throughout the test, participants' ostensible gender was displayed on the computer screen. The displayed gender was either the correct gender, the opposite gender, or "Alabama." Although our results were unable to determine if stereotype threat is a self- or an outside evaluator-threat, we did observe a strong gender-math relationship in which being labeled with the opposite gender disrupted both men and women's math performance. However, women were more affected in that they not only performed significantly lower on the math test, but also took a longer time, attempted fewer problems, and significantly disidentified from math.
Subject
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Document Type
article
DCMI Type
Text
Extent
12 leaves
Language
English
Call Number
BF1 .M63 v. 18 no. 2 2013
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
Antonic, Mirjana A.; Murphy, Mary C.; Emerson, Katherine T.U.; and Mercurio, Lara D.
(2013)
"Switching genders: identifying the evaluator in stereotype threat for men and women in a math context,"
Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 18:
No.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol18/iss2/3
Department
Dept. of Psychology