The effects of career model prototypicality and age on children's occupational gender stereotypes and career interest

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dc.contributor.advisorSchneider, David J.en_US
dc.creatorBorg, Maria R.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T08:34:15Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T08:34:15Zen_US
dc.date.issued1997en_US
dc.description.abstractThe present study examined nontraditional career modeling from the perspective of social categorization and subtyping theories. Its main objective was to isolate the discrete, additive, and interactive effects of the manipulated model prototypicality factors, femininity and exceptionality on a set of dependent measures related to children's occupational gender stereotyping and girls' career interest and confidence. This research also pioneered the use of peers as career models and examined their effectiveness relative to adults. In general, prototypical models were expected to be more influential in decreasing stereotypes and increasing girls' interest in the modeled career than atypical models. Results showed that model femininity did, in fact, have the hypothesized effect on girls' career interest. Also as hypothesized, models who were both feminine and nonexceptional generally had the most influence in decreasing stereotyping. The expectation that models who were both nonfeminine and exceptional would have the least influence was supported for only one of the stereotyping measures. On other stereotyping measures, a model exceptionality model femininity interaction revealed a pattern whereby feminine models had more influence when they were nonexceptional. No overall superiority of peer models over adult models was hypothesized, or found. The expectation that exceptional peers would inspire less career confidence than exceptional adults was supported.en_US
dc.format.extent152 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS PSYCH. 1997 BORGen_US
dc.identifier.citationBorg, Maria R.. "The effects of career model prototypicality and age on children's occupational gender stereotypes and career interest." (1997) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/19137">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/19137</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/19137en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectSocial psychologyen_US
dc.subjectDevelopmental psychologyen_US
dc.subjectIndustrial psychologyen_US
dc.titleThe effects of career model prototypicality and age on children's occupational gender stereotypes and career interesten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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