Social Psychology Unit 2 IP
Issues of stereotypes are common areas of study within social psychology. In particular, the area of gender role stereotypes has received large amounts of attention over the recent decades.
Choose 1 study from the following options:
Meyer, M., & Gelman, S. A. (2016). Gender essentialism in children and parents: Implications for the development of gender stereotyping and gender-typed preferences. Sex Roles, 75(9-10), 409-421. doi: http://dx.doi.org.proxy.cecybrary.com/10.1007/s11199-016-0646-6
Steffens, M. C., & Jelenec, P. (2011). Separating implicit gender stereotypes regarding math and language: Implicit ability stereotypes are self-serving for boys and men, but not for girls and women. Sex Roles, 64(5-6), 324-335. doi: http://dx.doi.org.proxy.cecybrary.com/10.1007/s11199-010-9924-x
Rice, L., & Barth, J. M. (2016). Hiring decisions: The effect of evaluator gender and gender stereotype characteristics on the evaluation of job applicants. Gender Issues, 33(1), 1-21. doi: http://dx.doi.org.proxy.cecybrary.com/10.1007/s12147-015-9143-4
Endendijk, J. J., Derks, B., & Mesman, J. (2018). Does parenthood change implicit gender-role stereotypes and behaviors? Journal of Marriage and Family, 80(1), 61-79. doi: http://dx.doi.org.proxy.cecybrary.com/10.nn/jomf.12451
Then, based on the study chosen, answer the following:
In your own words, summarize and explain the results of the study chosen.
Discuss the implications of the study in regards to gender stereotypes (i.e., what stereotypes were found or not found).
Explain how gender stereotypes have changed over the past 30 years.
Please cite the study chosen in your paper. Use in-text citations and a reference list according to APA style guidelines.
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Social Psychology Unit 2 IP
The article that I chose from the assigned is one titled Hiring Decisions: The Effect of Evaluator Gender and Gender Stereotype Characteristics on the Evaluation of Job Applicants by Lindsay Rice and Joan Barth. The article was published on the Gender Issues journal. In the article, the authors investigate the various effects of gender stereotypes among evaluators who are charged with the role of recruiting and selecting employees for a hiring organization. Such stereotypes have a huge impact on the decisions that are made by the evaluator on the applicants or candidates for a given job position. In the study that was conducted, 129 candidates were chosen of whom eighty were female. The participants were involved in a priming manipulation on gender stereotypes.
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