Influence of cognitive control based on different conflict levels on the expression of gender stereotypes

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1041.2022.00628

Abstract

Abstract:

With the development of society, the division of gender roles in the family has changed, but the traditional “male-dominated and female-dominated” stereotype still exists. Although a large number of studies have focused on the consistent effect of gender stereotype activation, the effect of cognitive control induced by different conditions on the expression of gender stereotype is not clear in the context of different conflict levels, therefore, based on the previous studies, this study explores the effects of different task conflict ratio on the expression of gender stereotypes, based on the classic dual control theory and conflict monitoring theory. The results were as follows: (1) there was no difference in the expression of gender stereotype when the target information was the image stimulus; (2) When the target information was the semantic stimulus, the task with a high conflict ratio tended to inhibit the expression of gender stereotypes, while the task with a low conflict ratio tended to enhance the expression of gender stereotypes, moreover, the cognitive control processing at high conflict level can be maintained in different tasks. These results suggest that the cognitive control induced by tasks with different conflict ratios can inhibit the expression of gender stereotypes, but it is affected by the information presented

Key words: gender stereotype, conflict processing, cognitive control strategy, proctive control, reactive control

CHEN Li, SHI Xiao-ke, LI Wei-na, HU Yan. (2022). Influence of cognitive control based on different conflict levels on the expression of gender stereotypes. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 54(6), 628-645.

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Conflict level	Initiating stimulus × target stimulus	Accuracy rate	Reaction time	Overall accuracy	Total reaction time
High conflict	Male-work	0.96 (0.01)	452.89 (14.63)	0.96 (0.01)	451.74 (12.90)
	Male-family	0.94 (0.01)	451.04 (13.24)
	Femail-work	0.96 (0.01)	451.97 (13.54)
	Femail-family	0.96 (0.01)	451.05 (14.07)
Baseline	Male-work	0.96 (0.01)	456.01 (13.58)	0.95 (0.01)	455.46 (12.38)
	Male-family	0.94 (0.01)	461.46 (13.44)
	Femail-work	0.95 (0.01)	456.98 (13.31)
	Femail-family	0.94 (0.01)	447.39 (12.37)
Low conflict	Male-work	0.96 (0.01)	453.36 (14.49)	0.95 (0.01)	459.34 (13.97)
	Male-family	0.95 (0.01)	459.01 (14.86)
	Femail-work	0.95 (0.01)	466.83 (15.21)
	Femail-family	0.95 (0.01)	458.16 (15.20)

Conflict level	Initiating stimulus × target stimulus	Accuracy rate	Reaction time	Overall accuracy	Total reaction time
High conflict	Male-work	0.96 (0.01)	452.89 (14.63)	0.96 (0.01)	451.74 (12.90)
	Male-family	0.94 (0.01)	451.04 (13.24)
	Femail-work	0.96 (0.01)	451.97 (13.54)
	Femail-family	0.96 (0.01)	451.05 (14.07)
Baseline	Male-work	0.96 (0.01)	456.01 (13.58)	0.95 (0.01)	455.46 (12.38)
	Male-family	0.94 (0.01)	461.46 (13.44)
	Femail-work	0.95 (0.01)	456.98 (13.31)
	Femail-family	0.94 (0.01)	447.39 (12.37)
Low conflict	Male-work	0.96 (0.01)	453.36 (14.49)	0.95 (0.01)	459.34 (13.97)
	Male-family	0.95 (0.01)	459.01 (14.86)
	Femail-work	0.95 (0.01)	466.83 (15.21)
	Femail-family	0.95 (0.01)	458.16 (15.20)

Conflict level	proctive control	Reaction Control
High conflict	0.92 (0.01)	0.79 (0.06)
Baseline	0.90 (0.01)	0.49 (0.06)
Low conflict	0.91 (0.01)	0.42 (0.06)

Conflict level	proctive control	Reaction Control
High conflict	0.92 (0.01)	0.79 (0.06)
Baseline	0.90 (0.01)	0.49 (0.06)
Low conflict	0.91 (0.01)	0.42 (0.06)

Conflict level	Accuracy (%)	Reaction Time (ms)
High conflict	0.96 (0.01)	467.78 (9.77)
Baseline	0.95 (0.01)	456.70 (8.13)
Low conflict	0.94 (0.01)	442.45 (10.17)