Math = Male, Me = Female, Therefore Math ≠ Me

College students, especially women, demonstrated negativity toward math and science relative to arts and language on implicit measures. Group membership (being female), group identity (self = female), and gender stereotypes (math = male) were related to attitudes and identification with mathematics....

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 2002-07, Vol.83 (1), p.44-59
Main Authors: Nosek, Brian A, Banaji, Mahzarin R, Greenwald, Anthony G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
College Students
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Group Identity
Human
Male
Mathematics
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sex Role Attitudes
Social attribution, perception and cognition
Social Groups
Social Identity
Social psychology
Stereotyped Attitudes
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Summary:College students, especially women, demonstrated negativity toward math and science relative to arts and language on implicit measures. Group membership (being female), group identity (self = female), and gender stereotypes (math = male) were related to attitudes and identification with mathematics. Stronger implicit math = male stereotypes corresponded with more negative implicit and explicit math attitudes for women but more positive attitudes for men. Associating the self with female and math with male made it difficult for women, even women who had selected math-intensive majors, to associate math with the self. These results point to the opportunities and constraints on personal preferences that derive from membership in social groups.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.83.1.44