Evidence for a gender stereotype about psychology and its effect on perceptions of men's and women's fit in the field.

Autor: Boysen GA; McKendree University., Chicosky RL; McKendree University., Rose FR; McKendree University., Delmore EE; McKendree University.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of social psychology [J Soc Psychol] 2022 Jul 04; Vol. 162 (4), pp. 485-503. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 01.
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2021.1921682
Abstrakt: The current research explored the gender stereotype about psychology and its effect on perceptions of people's fit in the field. Across six studies ( N  = 1,516), results showed that participants believed that women represent the majority of people in both the major and profession of psychology. Also, participants associated psychology more strongly with femininity than masculinity and assigned more feminine and less masculine traits to people studying psychology than to people studying a stereotypically masculine career. In terms of fit within the field, participants rated psychology as less likely to meet the needs of men compared to women, especially after learning that the field was majority women. Overall, the studies provide evidence for an association between femininity and psychology and suggest that the stereotype affects perceptions of men's and women's fit within the field.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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