Mothers’ and fathers’ neural responses toward gender-stereotype violations by their own children
Christel M Portengen,
Anneloes L van Baar,
Joyce J Endendijk
Abstract:Gender stereotypes facilitate people’s processing of social information by providing assumptions about expected behaviors and preferences. When gendered expectations are violated, people often respond negatively, both on a behavioral and neural level. Little is known about the impact of family kinship on the behavioral and neural reactions to gender-stereotype violations. Therefore, we examined whether parents show different responses when gender stereotypes are violated by their own children versus unknown ch… Show more
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