Effects of self-affirmation and gender stereotype threat on the cognitive function of college students
Objective To understand the effect of self-affirmation and gender stereotype threat on cognitive function of college students.Methods Adopt 2(self-affirmation,no self-affirmation)×2(gender stereotype threat,no gender stereotype threat)two factor experimental design.Subjects were asked to complete cognitive tasks,the boys of which completed the task of re-recognizing and remembering,and the girls of which completed the task of mental rotation.Task achievements were seen as the dependent variable.Results When subjects were threatened by gender stereotype,their cognitive achievements were significantly lower than those who were not threatened by gender stereotypes(Male group:F=10.327,P<0.01;Female group:F=6.114,P<0.05).In the absence of gender stereotype threat,cognitive achievements of the self-affirmation group and the non self-affirmation group had no significant differences(Male group:F=1.37,P>0.05;Female group:F=0.87,P>0.05).Under the threat of gender stereotype,cognitive achievements of the self-affirmation group were significantly higher than those of the non self-affirmation group(Male group:F=9.83,P<0.01;Female group:F=7.32,P<0.01).Conclusion ① When college students are faced with the threat of gender stereotype,cognitive achievements have significantly decreased.②Self-affirmation has a defensive effect on the threat of gender stereotype.
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