In Search of Gender Bias in Evaluations and Trait Inferences: The Role of Diagnosticity and Gender Stereotypicality of Behavioral Information.

Swim, Janet

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ERIC Number: EJ475243

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Publication Date: 1993

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In Search of Gender Bias in Evaluations and Trait Inferences: The Role of Diagnosticity and Gender Stereotypicality of Behavioral Information.

Swim, Janet

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v29 n3-4 p213-37 Aug 1993

Examines the extent to which the effect of gender of a target person on evaluators' judgments reflects evaluators' tendencies not to use the evaluee's gender because they assume case information is more valuable. Results with 144 female and 92 male college students in 2 studies demonstrate that evaluators do use gender stereotypes. (SLD)

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Higher Education, Inferences, Meta Analysis, Personality Traits, Sex Bias, Sex Differences, Sex Stereotypes, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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