女人真的比男人更会说话吗?
Matthias R Mehl1, Simine Vazire, Nairán Ramírez-Esparza
1Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. mehl@email.arizona.edu
概括
与普遍认为的相反,一项研究发现,女性和男性每天说的单词数量相似. 对396名参与者的语音录音分析显示,性别之间每日单词数没有显著差异.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 语言学的语言学.
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 社会刻板印象往往描绘女性比男性更会说话.
- 之前的研究已经产生了关于语言输出的性别差异的混合结果.
研究的目的:
- 客观地量化和比较男性和女性的日常单词使用.
- 挑战或证实关于基于性别的谈话能力的常见假设.
主要方法:
- 利用语音录音设备在几天内从396名参与者的环境声音中捕捉到环境声音.
- 通过分析从环境声音样本中记录的单词数量来推断出每天的单词数量.
主要成果:
- 平均而言,男女每天都会说大约16000个单词.
- 这项研究发现,男女在日常词汇生产中没有统计学上显著的差异.
结论:
- 这些发现并不支持女性天生比男性更会说话的刻板印象.
- 客观数据表明,每天的口语输出在两性之间是可比的,挑战了常见的假设.
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