A Gender Bias in the Attribution of Creativity: Archival and Experimental Evidence for the Perceived Association Between Masculinity and Creative Thinking

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1751-1761

  Proudfoot, Devon ^a   Kay, Aaron C ^a   Koval, Christy Z ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

prejudice; sex role attitudes; social perception; stereotyped attitudes

Indexed keywords

CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MASCULINITY; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE;

CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASCULINITY; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84946404305     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615598739     Document Type: Article

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