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. Experimenter sex was controlled. Performance expectancies were influenced by interactions of task sex orientation with biological gender and task sex orientation with sex-role identification, but these variables became secondary to personal experience. These findings were interpreted as having implications on initial choice and consequent involvement in novel activities and situations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504598 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Horne, Amy Beth |
| Contributors | Peek, Leon A., Hayslip, Bert, Van Buskirk, Susan Swann |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iii, 50 leaves, Text |
| Coverage | United States - Texas - Denton County - Denton |
| Rights | Public, Horne, Amy Beth, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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