Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2006
Publication Title
Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
Abstract
Three studies examined the impact of stereotype messages on men's and women's performance of a mental rotation task involving imagined self-rotations. Experiment 1 established baseline differences between men and women; women made 12% more errors than did men. Experiment 2 found that exposure to a positive stereotype message enhanced women's performance in comparison with that of another group of women who received neutral information. In Experiment 3, men who were exposed to the same stereotype message emphasizing a female advantage made more errors than did male controls, and the magnitude of error was similar to that for women from Experiment 1. The results suggest that the gender gap in mental rotation performance is partially caused by experiential factors, particularly those induced by sociocultural stereotypes.
Volume
13
Issue
5
First Page
813
Last Page
819
DOI
10.3758/BF03194002
ISSN
10699384
Rights
Copyright 2006 Psychonomic Society, Inc.
Recommended Citation
Wraga, Maryjane; Duncan, Lauren; Jacobs, Emily C.; Helt, Molly; and Church, Jessica, "Stereotype Susceptibility Narrows the Gender Gap in Imagined Self-Rotation Performance" (2006). Psychology: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/psy_facpubs/136
Comments
Archived as published.
Additional File: Erratum- Stereotype susceptibility narrows the gender gap in imagined self-rotation performance (Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (2006) 13-5 (813-819))