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Sex Differences in Performance Expectancies

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.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504598
Date08 1900
CreatorsHorne, Amy Beth
ContributorsPeek, Leon A., Hayslip, Bert, Van Buskirk, Susan Swann
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatiii, 50 leaves, Text
CoverageUnited States - Texas - Denton County - Denton
RightsPublic, Horne, Amy Beth, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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