Brilliance Beliefs, Not Mindsets, Explain Inverse Gender Gaps in Psychology and Philosophy
Heather M. Maranges,
Maxine Iannuccilli,
Katharina Nieswandt
et al.
Abstract:Understanding academic gender gaps is difficult because gender-imbalanced fields differ across many features, limiting researchers' ability to systematically study candidate causes. In the present preregistered research, we isolate two potential explanations-brilliance beliefs and fixed versus growth intelligence mindsets-by comparing two fields that have inverse gender gaps and historic and topical overlap: philosophy and psychology. Many more men than women study philosophy and vice versa in psychology, with… Show more
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