Psychology 2074A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Stereotype Threat, Business Insider, Standardized Test

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2074A/B
• Professor: Rachel calogero

Document Summary

In 2014, business insider released the "40 smartest people of all time", only 5 are women. Language: gendered features of language, generic masculine: using male-gendered terms to refer to a mixed-sex group of people. Impact: grammatical gender: some languages have embedded gender. Impact: diminutives and gender labels: adding gendered suffixes or labels to neutral words (ex. The influence of gendered language: verbs raped and murdered more often used in passive voice, written descriptions of partner violence, male-to-female "she was beaten" vs. "he beat her" Less perceived harm to victims, more responsibility to victims, less responsibility to perpetrators. Words have power: we can create new words and terms to explain our gendered experience, ex. Language can subtly reinforce stereotypes: random sample of 200-300 occurrences of "brusque" "condescending" "pushy" "stubborn" Sex differences in communication: meta-analyses show small differences in talkativeness, studies, men slightly more talkative, girls slightly more talkative aged 1-2. 5, mothers talk more to children than fathers do.