17-02-2014, 03:19 PM
Hello all,
I came upon this tidbit in the Sunday paper.
"Does the Mask Govern the Mind?: Effects of Arbitary Gender Representationnon Quantitative Task Performance in Avatar Represented Virtual Group, Lee, J.E. et al.
In summary, participants in the study who were arbitrarily represented as a male avatar in a computer based experiment showed stronger arithmetic performance against female avatars regardless of actual gender.
The experiment is based on previous psych studies that show negative stereotypes (girls are bad at math and science) can be self-fulfilling. The phenomenon is called "stereotype threat." In competition people can gain an advantage or boost in performance simply by being aware of any negative stereotypes attached to the rival, which is called "stereotype lift."
Since many of us have chosen female avatars I wonder how that fits in with our group?
I read many of the positive effects of PM brain rewiring are also stereotypes associated with women. And could that be part of the phenomenon called "stereotype lift"?
I came upon this tidbit in the Sunday paper.
"Does the Mask Govern the Mind?: Effects of Arbitary Gender Representationnon Quantitative Task Performance in Avatar Represented Virtual Group, Lee, J.E. et al.
In summary, participants in the study who were arbitrarily represented as a male avatar in a computer based experiment showed stronger arithmetic performance against female avatars regardless of actual gender.
The experiment is based on previous psych studies that show negative stereotypes (girls are bad at math and science) can be self-fulfilling. The phenomenon is called "stereotype threat." In competition people can gain an advantage or boost in performance simply by being aware of any negative stereotypes attached to the rival, which is called "stereotype lift."
Since many of us have chosen female avatars I wonder how that fits in with our group?
I read many of the positive effects of PM brain rewiring are also stereotypes associated with women. And could that be part of the phenomenon called "stereotype lift"?