Neuburger, Sarah and Jansen, Petra and Heil, Martin and Quaiser-Pohl, Claudia (2012) A Threat in the Classroom Gender Stereotype Activation and Mental-Rotation Performance in Elementary-School Children. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PSYCHOLOGIE-JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 220 (2). pp. 61-69. ISSN 2190-8370,
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Females' performance in a gender-stereotyped domain is impaired when negative gender stereotypes are activated (Nguyen & Ryan, 2008). "Stereotype threat" affects the gender difference in adults' mental-rotation performance (e.g., Moe & Pazzaglia, 2006). Our study investigated this effect in fourth graders. Two hundred sixteen males and females solved two mental-rotation tests. In between, a gender-difference instruction was given ("boys better," "girls better," "no gender difference"). A significant interaction of time and gender was found in the "girls better"-condition and in the "no gender difference"-condition: As expected, the male performance advantage disappeared after these two instructions, because girls improved and boys deteriorated. Thus, the study suggests that the gender effect in mental rotation is affected by stereotype threat and stereotype lift from the very beginning of its occurrence. Results are discussed within a biopsychosocial framework and seem to play an important role with regard to the "hidden curriculum" in schools.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SEX-DIFFERENCES; SPATIAL ABILITIES; QUANTITATIVE PERFORMANCE; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; IDENTITY SALIENCE; MATH PERFORMANCE; MENSTRUAL-CYCLE; MODERATING ROLE; WOMEN; TASK; stereotype threat; gender differences; elementary-school children; mental rotation |
| Subjects: | 700 Arts & recreation > 796 Athletic & outdoor sports & games |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Sportwissenschaft |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 25 May 2020 06:12 |
| Last Modified: | 25 May 2020 06:12 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/19472 |
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