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Angelina Joy¹, Channing J Mathews², Kelly Lynn Mulvey¹

¹North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.

|February 11, 2026

Resumen

Los estereotipos sobre los científicos impactan en la diversidad en ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas (STEM). Una nueva herramienta digital reveló cómo las percepciones de los estudiantes influyen en la creación de avatares de científicos, destacando la necesidad de entornos STEM inclusivos.

Área de la Ciencia:

Psicología social Psicología social.
La educación STEM es la educación STEM.
Investigación de estereotipos Investigación de estereotipos.

Sus antecedentes:

Las representaciones tradicionales de los científicos a menudo excluyen a las mujeres y las minorías étnicas, perpetuando estereotipos dañinos.
Estos estereotipos pueden desalentar a los grupos poco representados de seguir carreras en los campos de la ciencia, la tecnología, la ingeniería y las matemáticas (STEM).
Los métodos existentes para evaluar estos estereotipos pueden ser limitados en alcance y accesibilidad.

Objetivo del estudio:

Para evaluar las percepciones de los estudiantes de pregrado de los científicos utilizando una nueva tarea digital de dibujar a un científico.
Examinar la relación entre los estereotipos explícitos de STEM de los estudiantes, las actitudes raciales y su creación de avatares de científicos.
Introducir y validar una nueva herramienta digital para evaluar los estereotipos de los científicos.

Principales métodos:

Utilizó una aplicación digital "Diseñar un Avatar de Científico", una variación de la tarea Dibujar un Científico, con 371 estudiantes universitarios estadounidenses.
Evaluó los estereotipos explícitos de STEM de los participantes y las actitudes raciales daltónicas.
Analizó los tonos de piel seleccionados para los avatares de científicos y su correlación con factores demográficos y de actitud.

Principales resultados:

Las elecciones de tono de piel para los avatares se correlacionaron con las percepciones de los científicos 'Blancos' o 'Negros' basadas en la saturación y el brillo.
El género de las participantes y los estereotipos de género influyeron en la creación de avatares de mujeres científicas.
La raza / etnia de los participantes, los estereotipos raciales y las actitudes raciales daltónicas afectaron la probabilidad de crear avatares de científicos negros o latinos.

Conclusiones:

Los hallazgos subrayan la necesidad de entornos STEM más diversos e inclusivos para desafiar los estereotipos existentes.
Se sugieren intervenciones para remodelar activamente las percepciones de quién puede ser un científico.
La tarea digital Design-A-Scientist ofrece un método escalable y cuantificable para evaluar los estereotipos de los científicos en diversas poblaciones.

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