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Influence of Gender stereotypes - are males more accurate at giving directions than females?
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... Title Influence of Gender stereotypes - are males are more accurate at giving directions than females Experimental Hypothesis In the condition where the direction-giver was male, participants in this study would judge that the driver would follow the directions for longer than in the condition where the direction-giver was female. This is a one-tailed hypothesis as a direction is predicted. Abstract Based on the theoretical work of Darley and Gross (1983) and Tajfel (1981) the current study sought to investigate how participants judge the accuracy of directions based on whether the direction-giver is either male or female. Additionally, this study predicts that if the direction-giver is male the driver would deem these directions to be more accurate than if the direction-giver is female. This study employs a "between participants design" consisting of 20 participants, 10 males and 10 females. The participants were instructed to listen to a short story and to answer a question. The
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