Gender-Specific Effects of Artificially Induced Gender Beliefs in Mental Rotation

Autor/inn/en	Heil, Martin; Jansen, Petra; Quaiser-Pohl, Claudia; Neuburger, Sarah
Titel	Gender-Specific Effects of Artificially Induced Gender Beliefs in Mental Rotation
Quelle	In: Learning and Individual Differences, 22 (2012) 3, S.350-353 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1041-6080
DOI	10.1016/j.lindif.2012.01.004
Schlagwörter	Tests; Logical Thinking; Gender Differences; Beliefs; Adults; Guessing (Tests); Cognitive Ability; Performance + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Belief; Glaube; Erraten; Denkfähigkeit; Achievement; Leistung
Abstract	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. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10