Do Female and Male Role Models Who Embody STEM Stereotypes Hinder Women’s Anticipated Success in STEM?

@article{Cheryan2011DoFA,
  title={Do Female and Male Role Models Who Embody STEM Stereotypes Hinder Women’s Anticipated Success in STEM?},
  author={Sapna Cheryan and John Oliver Siy and Marissa Vichayapai and Benjamin J. Drury and Saenam Kim},
  journal={Social Psychological and Personality Science},
  year={2011},
  volume={2},
  pages={656 - 664}
}
Women who have not yet entered science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields underestimate how well they will perform in those fields (e.g., Correll, 2001; Meece, Parsons, Kaczala, & Goff, 1982). It is commonly assumed that female role models improve women’s beliefs that they can be successful in STEM. The current work tests this assumption. Two experiments varied role model gender and whether role models embody computer science stereotypes. Role model gender had no effect on… 
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