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ERIC Number: EJ144257
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Expectations of Teachers-in-Training: The Influence of a Student's Sex and a Behavioral vs. Descriptive Approach in a Biased Psychological Report
Mertens, Donna M.
Journal of School Psychology, 14, 3, 222-228, F 76
Undergraduate teachers-in-training (n=94) were introduced to a hypothetical child through biased psychological reports that differed according to the described child's sex, favorability of the report, and behavioral vs. descriptive style of the psychological reports. The subjects rated an essay and a report card for the hypothetical child. Results are discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bias, College Students, Expectation, Higher Education, Information Processing, Research Projects, Sex Bias, Sex Stereotypes, Stereotypes, Student Teachers, Teacher Education
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