Sex Differences in Performance Expectancies
Description:
Previous research demonstrates expectations predict actual performance. These studies evaluated the influence of other variables, specifically task sex orientation, biological gender, and sex-role identification, on performance expectancies. Two studies investigated sex differences in performance expectancies: Study 1 used a task normatively favoring males; Study 2 used a task normatively unbiased by gender. Subjects were 207 undergraduates, approximately equal numbers of males and females. Exp…
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Date:
August 1982
Creator:
Horne, Amy Beth
Partner:
UNT Libraries