Reichardt, Regina and Rappl, Christina (2025) On the Heterogeneity of Gender Stereotypes About Academic Fields Within the Natural Sciences, Humanities, and Social Sciences. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 56 (4). pp. 177-189. ISSN 1864-9335, 2151-2590
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: Research on gender stereotypes about academia often focused on broad areas (natural sciences vs. humanities), but fields within these areas may differ. We measured gender stereotypes about fields from natural sciences (physics, biology), humanities (German language, philosophy), and social sciences (educational science, psychological science, law) among university students. Gender stereotypes differed significantly between fields within areas. Stereotypes about some fields from the natural and social sciences (biology = female, law = male) were even opposite to others in the same area (physics = male, educational and psychological sciences = female). Perceived gender ratios and communion stereotypes about researchers predicted field gender stereotypes. The results demonstrate strong heterogeneity in gender stereotypes within the natural and social sciences, but not the humanities.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ATTITUDES; WOMEN; PSYTOOLKIT; BIAS; STEM; MEN; gender stereotypes; women in academia; gender equality; communion; agency; indirect measures |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Aug 2026 07:33 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Aug 2026 07:33 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/66112 |
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