The Influence Of Role Gender On Intelligence Gender Stereotype And Self-efficacy Of Children Aged 6

Gender stereotype of intelligence refers to people associate more intelligence and wisdom with men,that is,both men and women believe that men are more intelligent than women.Based on foreign studies,children have formed gender stereotypes of intelligence at the age of 6,and girls begin to avoid participating in activities provided for "very smart children".We discussed the influence of role gender on children’s intellectual gender stereotypes and self-efficacy,hoping to provide references for children’s early education,make girls less affected by intellectual gender stereotypes,and provide theoretical and practical references for improving the occupation share of women in the field of intelligence.This study consists of three steps,and adopts experimental research.The independent variable is the gender of the operator in the scientific experiment video watched by children,including three levels: level 1: female,level 2: male,and level 3:non-gender(landscape video).176 6-year-olds were randomly assigned to one of three levels.Session 1: measuring whether there are intellectual gender stereotypes.Task 1: "smart stories" task was used to examine whether boys and girls had different gender preferences for the protagonist of "smart stories".The results showed that children were more likely to choose their own gender as the gender of the main character in the "smart story"--that is,both boys and girls thought their gender was smarter,and that children as young as six had not yet formed an intellectual gender stereotype.Session 2: investigate the influence of role gender on children’s intelligence gender stereotype.Task 2: video task,2(gender: female,male)×3(operator gender in scientific experiment: female,male,no gender)was used to study the effect of role gender on children’s intelligence gender stereotype.The results show that role gender can have an impact on children’s intelligence gender stereotypes: when the operator gender in the scientific experiment video is female,children tend to think that women are moreintelligent;When the sex of the operator in the science video was male,the children were more likely to think that the man was smarter.Session 3: To investigate the effect of role gender on children’s self-efficacy.Task 3: board game task is used to investigate whether children’s self-efficacy is affected by role gender.The experimental results show that gender of the operator in the scientific experiment video has no significant effect on the self-efficacy of6-year-old children,that is,the role gender has no significant effect on the self-efficacy of children.Children’s cognition of group and self is different,and there is positive bias of self-cognition.Overall,the results suggest that children as young as 6 have not yet developed gender stereotypes of intelligence;Role gender can influence the formation of gender stereotypes of children’s intelligence: when the role gender is male,children tend to associate cleverness with male,and when the role gender is female,children tend to associate cleverness with female.Children’s cognition of group and self is different,and there is positive bias of self-cognition.This provides an effective reference and inspiration for us to help girls to be less affected by gender stereotypes of intelligence.