系统化和同情的措施是否反映了对学习能力的性别差异的看法?
Audrey Aday1, Toni Schmader1, Michelle Ryan2
1The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Personality & social psychology bulletin
|October 21, 2023
概括
在系统化和同情的性别差异往往被视为天生的. 这项研究发现,公众和专家都认为这些差异更多地源于学习机会而不是生物学.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
背景情况:
- 在系统化和同情的性别差异经常归因于生物学因素.
- 这项研究调查了这些感知差异是否更准确地通过男性和女性的差异性学习能力来解释.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查性别差异在系统化和同情的程度被认为是学习与天生的.
- 探索学习负担能力在塑造这些观察到的性别差异中的作用.
主要方法:
- 研究1:在大型样本中对系统化 (SQ) 和同情 (EQ) 活动的性别差异进行量化.
- 研究2和3:评估了非专业程序员和心理学专家对SQ和EQ活动的认知,将其视为学习或天生的,并确定了性别负担能力.
主要成果:
- 在大型代表性样本中,在系统化和同情活动中发现了性别差异.
- 呈现性别差异最大的活动被评为具有更大的性别学习能力,而不是先天的遗传优势.
- 无论是普通人还是专家,都认为这些活动更像是学会的,而不是天生的.
结论:
- 在系统化和同情中感知到的性别差异与差异性学习经验比与固有的生物倾向更强烈相关.
- 公众和心理学科学家之间的共识表明,这些领域内天生的性别差异的说法可能与当前的理解不一致.
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