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Showing 1 to 20 of 1350 for “"Stereotypes"”.
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Gender Stereotypes and Interventions Targeting Gender Stereotypes
… the gender gap in STEM is perpetuated by gender stereotypes, psychological interventions targeting gender stereotypes may be an important and effective approach. Thus, this doctoral research (1) examines the effectiveness of novel interventions designed to increase discernment of gender …
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Gender Stereotypes and Candidate Evaluation
… I build on the existing literature on gender stereotypes and white female candidates to explore this question.
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Gender Stereotypes And The Governor's Mansion
This study analyzes the effects of gender stereotypes on women gubernatorial candidates in the post "Year of the Woman" era to determine whether or not the electoral gains made by women running for legislative office in 1992 also extended to women contesting executive elections in subsequent years. …
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Societal stereotypes affecting one's body image
… or not undergraduate students allow societal stereotypes within the media to affect their self-image. Existing literature will be reviewed to show influential factors within previous studies that affect people's self-image. Relevant data extracted from the literature review will then be …
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Reel women: gender stereotypes in film
… to test an audience's perceptions gender stereotypes of women in the horror film, Scream. Results indicate that stereotypes present in the horror film effected the participants' perception of women as competent heroes. Female participants were also more likely to perceive women as more …
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Keep an eye on stereotypes – the impact of gender stereotypes (toward humans and robots) on language processing
… apparently attempted to counter gender stereotypes and sexism which was indicated by looks at the stereotype-inconsistent target. This was striking because in previous literature, it had not been considered that participants’ attempts to respond in a non-stereotypical or non-sexist …
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Implication of Gender Stereotypes for Public Policy
Stereotypes continue to be present and impact the assessment of women’s leadership effectiveness. Using a data set of senior executives in the public sector from The Leadership Circle multi-rater assessment tool, research supports the theory that gender influences how bosses rate their direct …
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Stereotypes and Perceptions of Child Witness Credibility
Research has examined factors that influence child witness credibility because it has the potential to influence case outcomes. This study investigated beliefs that impact perceptions of child witness credibility in cases of physical abuse. Participants (N = 95) were asked open ended questions …
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Stereotypes of older adult lesbians and gay men
Past research has examined stereotypes of sexual orientation-unspecified adult and older adult women and men. There has also been research on stereotypes of age-unspecified lesbians and gay men. No research to date, however, has formally focused on stereotypes of older adult lesbians and gay men. …
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SEX ROLE STEREOTYPES: A STUDY IN VERBAL INTERACTION
<p>Sociologists appear in agreement that sex is a primary role allocator in our society, or, in the perspective of Hughes (1945), sex is a master status. Parsons and Bales (1955) have implicity built upon this in the formulation of their Sex Role Differentiation Theory in which role sets for …
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Gender Stereotypes in Leadership: How Threatening Are They?
… threat (i.e., the risk of confirming negative stereotypes as true). Experimental research concerning stereotype threat as it affects women within the domain of leadership has been limited, with no published study specifically manipulating stereotype threat and testing effects on subsequent …
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The Effects Of Racial Stereotypes On False Recall
<p>Prejudiced behavior based on racial stereotypes has been found to negatively impact young, black offenders in the juvenile probation system. One issue that may contribute to this is the creation of false memories. In fact, false memories have been linked to many wrongful convictions in the U.S. …
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Breaking the Stereotypes: Exploring Traits of Female Athletes
… participating in sports, a number of negative stereotypes still exist concerning female athletes. Because the competitive, masculine nature of sports has been viewed as the antithesis of femininity, women who have actively participated in sports have often been stigmatized as "masculine" …
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Latino Students' Prejudice and Stereotypes toward African Americans
… Results showed that Latinos endorsed more stereotypes stereotype than Anglos. No ethnic difference was found on prejudice toward African Americans. Structural Equation Models (EQS) examining the relation among acculturation, generational status, stereotypes, and prejudice fit the data well. …
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Stereotypes about Healthcare Professionals, Emotions, and Mammography Compliance
… 3], which may result in less favorable cultural stereotypes about healthcare professionals and more negative emotional reactions. Guided by Betancourt’s Integrative Model of Culture, Psychological Processes, and Health Behavior [4] and the Stereotype Content Model [5], the aim of the present …
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Historical reinterpretations of race: breaking stereotypes, creating archetypes
… and stripped of their humanity through stereotypes within the dominant society. Both Bulosan's America Is in the Heart and Wright's Black Boy sought to articulate how they perceived themselves rather than how they were perceived by society. Thus, I view America Is in the Heart and Black …
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