ERIC Number: EJ1113376
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Oct
Pages: 4
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Is "Bow" for an Arrow or for Hair? A Classroom Demonstration on Gender Differences in Interpreting Ambiguous Information
Fa-Kaji, Naomi; Nguyen, Linda; Hebl, Mikki; Skorinko, Jeanine
Teaching of Psychology, v43 n4 p314-317 Oct 2016
This article details a classroom demonstration of how gender differences in cognitive schemas can result in men and women differentially interpreting the same information. Students heard a series of six homonyms (e.g., bow and nail) spoken aloud and wrote down the first word with which they free-associated each homonym. When hearing the words (e.g., bow), men were more likely to respond with a male-gendered word (e.g., arrow), whereas women were more likely to respond with a female-gendered word (e.g., hair). The demonstration is easy to administer, takes approximately 10 min, results in strong differences, and improves students' understanding of gender differences in cognitive schemas.
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Undergraduate Students, Gender Differences, Ambiguity (Semantics), Schemata (Cognition), Cognitive Psychology, Demonstrations (Educational), Spelling, Pronunciation, Word Lists, Masculinity, Femininity
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