Inhalt: "Given indirect indications in sex role and soda! psychology research that mathematical-deductive reasoning may negatively relate to social acuity, Study 1 investigated whether mathematicians were less attributionally complex than nonmathematicians. Study 1 administered the Attributional Complexity Scale, a measure of social acuity, to female and male faculty members and graduate students in four Midwestern schools. Atlrihutional complexity (AC) is the ability and motivation to give complex explanations for behavior. Study 1 found a significant interaction between field and gender. Only among women did mathematicians score lower on AC. In addition, an established gender difference in AC (that women score higher than men) was present only among nonmathematicians. Studies 2 and 3 offered some preliminary support for the possibility that it is generally female students who score tow on AC who aspire to he mathematicians and for the underlying view that female students' perceived similarity to mathematicians can influence their vocational choices." (author's abstract)|

Schlagwörter:Mathematik; Gender; Psychologie; Geschlechtsrolle; Studentin; Student

CEWS Kategorie:Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung

Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz

Inhalt: "In this essay, the authors examine the crosscutting themes of this special issue as they pertain to policy, research, and evaluation of women and science. Past and current research, theory, frameworks, and programs are discussed in the context of challenges and innovations for methods and policy. The authors assert that the crossroads for gender equity studies lies at the intersection of science and society and argue for the need to build a base of cumulative knowledge for policy and practice." (author's abstract)

Schlagwörter:Naturwissenschaft; Evaluation; Geschlechterforschung; Gleichstellung; Frauenpolitik; USA; Nordamerika

CEWS Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Naturwissenschaft und Technik

Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz

Inhalt: "This essay considers the question, Has feminism changed science? After three decades of active research, what new insights, questions, and priorities have feminists-men or women-brought to the sciences? The author provides examples of change from three areas: women's health research, primatology, and archaeology. The essay concludes with a discussion of mainstreaming gender analysis into science." (author's abstract)

Schlagwörter:Gender Mainstreaming; Feminismus; Frauenforschung; Chancengleichheit; Archäologie; Gesundheitswissenschaft

CEWS Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Naturwissenschaft und Technik

Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz