TY - JOUR
T1 - What i think you think of me
T2 - Women's reactions to being viewed as beneficiaries of preferential selection
AU - Heilman, Madeline E.
AU - Alcott, Victoria Barocas
PY - 2001/8
Y1 - 2001/8
N2 - Undergraduate women (N = 150) participated in 2 experimental studies designed to examine the effects of knowing that another believed they were beneficiaries of preferential selection. Results indicated that participants' awareness that the other viewed them as having been selected on the basis of gender rather than merit (a) prompted inferences that the other held negative expectations of their competence (Studies 1 and 2); (b) produced timid, performance-limiting task decisions as well as negative self-regard when they were uncertain about their task ability level (Studies 1 and 2); and (c) produced ambitious, performance-maximizing task decisions when they knew themselves to be high in task ability and also were motivated to make a good impression (Study 2). In addition, in both studies negative affect resulted from the participants' knowledge that the other viewed them as having been preferentially selected.
AB - Undergraduate women (N = 150) participated in 2 experimental studies designed to examine the effects of knowing that another believed they were beneficiaries of preferential selection. Results indicated that participants' awareness that the other viewed them as having been selected on the basis of gender rather than merit (a) prompted inferences that the other held negative expectations of their competence (Studies 1 and 2); (b) produced timid, performance-limiting task decisions as well as negative self-regard when they were uncertain about their task ability level (Studies 1 and 2); and (c) produced ambitious, performance-maximizing task decisions when they knew themselves to be high in task ability and also were motivated to make a good impression (Study 2). In addition, in both studies negative affect resulted from the participants' knowledge that the other viewed them as having been preferentially selected.
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U2 - 10.1037/0021-9010.86.4.574
DO - 10.1037/0021-9010.86.4.574
M3 - Article
C2 - 11519642
AN - SCOPUS:85047683240
SN - 0021-9010
VL - 86
SP - 574
EP - 582
JO - Journal of Applied Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Psychology
IS - 4
ER -