ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

›› 2006, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (3): 456-461.

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Psychological Mechanism of Maintaining Gender Stereotypes

Liu Xuan,  Zuo Bin

  

  1. School of Psychology, Huazhong Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
  • Received:2005-09-12 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2006-05-15 Published:2006-05-15
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    Liu Xuan

Abstract: Gender stereotypes influence people’s mind and behavior widely. Gender-counter stereotypic behavior violates people’s expectations and acquirements to gender roles. In order to maintain gender stereotypes, people will take different strategies as reactions to gender-counter stereotypic behaviors. This article introduced the psychological mechanism of maintaining gender stereotypes, and explored the people’s cognitive process and behavioral reactions to maintain gender stereotypes when people encountered gender-counter stereotypic behavior. Moreover, a few evaluations and possible approaches to further study on maintenance of gender-stereotype were discussed

Key words: gender stereotype, gender counter stereotype, attribution model, working model of the role of backlash

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