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Sex Difference in Confidence on Conformity patterns in Female-dominate Stereotyped Task

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Zixin Gu1, *, Yuyao Liu2, *, Yueyao Yang3, *
1College of Liberal Arts and Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269-3088, United States. Corresponding author.
2College of Liberal Arts and Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269-3088, United States. Corresponding author.
3Liberal Arts College, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, 54911, United States.
Corresponding author.3 Email: yueyao.yang@lawrence.edu;
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Zixin Gu, Yuyao Liu, Yueyao Yang
Available Online 17 January 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220105.063How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Sex difference; Confidence level; Conformity patterns; Verbal Memory Task
Abstract

Background: The manifestation of gender differences in different aspects has always been a social phenomenon that researchers are interested in and mainly focus on. In Catharine P. Cross’s previous research, researchers’ study results have proposed there are gender differences in confidence level on conformity patterns as men are significantly more confident in a male-dominated stereotyped cognitive task than women and rely less on social information. However, this study fails to focus on whether gender differences still affect people’s self-confidence level in women-dominated stereotyped cognitive tasks. This article will focus on sex differences in confidence influence patterns of conformity, especially in a female-dominated stereotyped cognitive task. We will use an experiment to test whether a stereotyped task that is assumed to favor women (Verbal Memory Task) would induce lower confidence and hence greater reliance on social information in men than women. The experiment found out that men were generally more confident than women in even female-dominated stereotyped cognitive tasks. Therefore, society should provide more education and opportunities to increase women’s self-confidence effectively.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
17 January 2022
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978-94-6239-512-1
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220105.063How to use a DOI?
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