Heil, Martin and Jansen, Petra and Quaiser-Pohl, Claudia and Neuburger, Sarah (2012) Gender-specific effects of artificially induced gender beliefs in mental rotation. LEARNING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, 22 (3). pp. 350-353. ISSN 1041-6080,
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Men outperform women in the Mental Rotation Test (MRT) by about one standard deviation. The present study replicated a gender belief account [Moe, A., & Pazzaglia, F. (2006). Following the instructions! Effects of gender beliefs in mental rotation. Learning and Individual Differences, 16, 369-377.] for (part of) this effect. A sample of 300 adults, whose gender beliefs about mental rotation were manipulated experimentally (instructions given: men are better, women are better, or no gender differences exist) had to complete the MRT. Artificially induced gender beliefs affected performance and guessing behavior differently in relation to gender. Women's performance followed the gender belief induction but their guessing behavior remained unaffected. Men's performance, however, remained unaffected but their guessing behavior followed the gender belief induction. These findings suggest that gender beliefs affect men and women differently, and they also suggest that a gender belief account cannot (fully) explain gender differences in mental rotation performance. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | STEREOTYPE THREAT; SEX-DIFFERENCES; HEMISPHERIC-ASYMMETRY; SPATIAL ABILITIES; IDENTITY SALIENCE; SELF-EFFICACY; PERFORMANCE; METAANALYSIS; MATHEMATICS; MATH; Gender differences; Mental rotation; Gender beliefs; Stereotype threat |
| Subjects: | 700 Arts & recreation > 796 Athletic & outdoor sports & games |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Sportwissenschaft |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 13 May 2020 09:06 |
| Last Modified: | 13 May 2020 09:06 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/18704 |
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