| dc.contributor.author | Francis, Judith Ann. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-21T12:34:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 1999 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | AAINQ49259 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/55638 | |
| dc.description | Three studies investigated the relationship between dysphoria and stereotype use. In each study, dysphorics and non-dysphorics estimated the heights of male and female targets from photographs. The degree to which participants used the stereotype that men are taller than women to complete their height estimates was examined. In Study 1, dysphorics made less use of the stereotype than nondysphorics. When analyzed as a between subjects design, participants' stereotype scores were higher under conditions of greater task complexity (i.e., for sitting rather than standing targets, and under conditions of high rather than low cognitive load). | en_US |
| dc.description | In Study 2, degree to which stereotype use is under volitional control was examined. Half of the dysphoric and non-dysphoric participants were instructed not to use the sex of the target as a cue for judging heights. Overall, dysphorics made less use of the height/gender stereotype than non-dysphorics. Furthermore, participants who received stereotype discounting instructions made less use of the stereotype than those who did not receive such instructions. | en_US |
| dc.description | In Study 3, the relationship between stereotype use on the height estimation task and stereotype use on a social judgement task was investigated. Relationship between stereotype use and social problem solving ability was also examined. After completing the height estimation task, participants read vignettes describing male and female targets. They rated targets on a number of personality characteristics that are consistent or inconsistent with gender stereotypes. Participants also completed a self-report measure of social problem solving ability. Level of depressive symptoms was negatively correlated with stereotype use on the height estimation task (for standing targets) and stereotype use on the vignette rating task. Furthermore, degree of stereotype use on the height estimation task was positively correlated with stereotype use on the vignette rating task. Stereotype use on the height estimation and vignette rating tasks was not related to self-reports of social problem solving ability. | en_US |
| dc.description | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalhousie University (Canada), 1999. | en_US |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Dalhousie University | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | en_US |
| dc.subject | Psychology, Social. | en_US |
| dc.title | Relationship between dysphoria and stereotype utilization. | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.contributor.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
