Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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948110 | Journal of Experimental Social Psychology | 2008 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The effect of gender stereotype activation on challenge/threat motivational states was examined. Male and female participants completed a difficult math test described as either gender-biased or gender-fair, while continuous cardiovascular data were recorded. During the math test, women in the gender-biased condition exhibited a threatened motivational state, whereas women in the gender-fair condition exhibited challenge. The cardiovascular pattern of data was reversed for men, with men exhibiting challenge when a gender bias was implied, but threat when it was not. Motivational implications of stereotype threat and psychophysiological measurement are discussed.
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Authors
S. Brooke Vick, Mark D. Seery, Jim Blascovich, Max Weisbuch,