孩子们不认可"男性=聪明"的刻板印象,当推理关于小说职业
Ryno Kruger1, Cassandra Levy1, Stella F Lourenco1
1Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Developmental science
|February 19, 2026
概括
孩子们不会将男性占主导地位的工作与智力联系起来. 相反,幼儿表现出群体内性别偏见,并使用特定领域的刻板印象,表明对性别和能力的上下文依赖推理.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
背景情况:
- 之前的研究表明,孩子们在6岁时可能会发展出性别智能刻板印象,将聪明与男性联系在一起.
- 这种刻板印象可能导致女性在被认为需要天生的天赋的领域的代表性不足.
- 了解这些刻板印象的起源对于解决性别差异至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查儿童是否使用职业性别组合作为智力暗示.
- 根据工作的性别构成,检查儿童的特征推断和社会偏好.
- 探索儿童性别刻板印象的细微差别,超越简单的聪明协会.
主要方法:
- 在美国,两项在线实验与6至10岁的儿童进行.
- 新的工作的性别组成被操纵 (大多数男性与大多数女性工人).
- 评估了儿童对智力,善良,聪明,力和力量的判断,以及社会偏好.
主要成果:
- 孩子们没有将男性占主导地位的工作与更高的智力联系起来.
- 观察到有群体内性别偏见的证据,儿童更喜欢属于自己性别多数的群体.
- 孩子们表现出特定领域的刻板印象,例如"女性=好"和"男性=强".
结论:
- 儿童对智力的性别刻板印象取决于背景和社会动机,而不是全球"男性=聪明"的关联.
- 社会归属和特定领域的推理在儿童性别刻板印象的发展中起着重要作用.
- 文化和发展背景对于理解这些刻板印象的出现和性质至关重要.
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