McKendree University.
J Soc Psychol. 2022 Jul 4;162(4):485-503. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2021.1921682. Epub 2021 Jul 1.
The current research explored the gender stereotype about psychology and its effect on perceptions of people's fit in the field. Across six studies (= 1,516), results showed that participants believed that women represent the majority of people in both the major and profession of psychology. Also, participants associated psychology more strongly with femininity than masculinity and assigned more feminine and less masculine traits to people studying psychology than to people studying a stereotypically masculine career. In terms of fit within the field, participants rated psychology as less likely to meet the needs of men compared to women, especially after learning that the field was majority women. Overall, the studies provide evidence for an association between femininity and psychology and suggest that the stereotype affects perceptions of men's and women's fit within the field.
当前的研究探讨了心理学领域的性别刻板印象及其对人们在该领域适应度的认知的影响。在六项研究中（= 1516 名参与者），结果表明，参与者认为女性在心理学专业和学科中占多数。此外，参与者认为心理学与女性气质的联系比男性气质更紧密，与学习心理学的人相比，他们赋予学习典型男性职业的人更多的女性化特征，更少的男性化特征。就该领域的适应性而言，与女性相比，参与者认为心理学不太可能满足男性的需求，尤其是在了解到该领域的女性占多数之后。总的来说，这些研究为女性气质与心理学之间的联系提供了证据，并表明这种刻板印象影响了人们对该领域男女适应性的认知。
