Barbie Brains : The Effect of Barbie Dolls on Girls' Perception of Male and Female Jobs

Honors College Thesis

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Creator	Abramson, Elise
Abstract	In this experiment, 16 three to eight-year-old girls from the Corvallis area came to our lab with one of their parents. After having the child play with either a Barbie Doll or a control toy for five minutes, the experimenter orally administered a questionnaire designed to assess activation of gender stereotypes about jobs and self-perceived ability related to future career ability. The main hypothesis was that after playing with Barbie, girls would be more stereotypical during a picture task. The secondary hypothesis predicted that girls who played with Barbie would say that they could do fewer careers in a question task. Results were insignificant for the main hypothesis and the secondary hypothesis.
Resource Type	Honors College Thesis
Date Available	2009-07-28T21:14:04+00:00
Date Issued	2009-05-21
Degree Level	Bachelor's
Degree Name	Honors Bachelor of Science (H.B.S.)
Degree Field	Psychology Business Administration
Degree Grantor	Oregon State University
Commencement Year	2009
Advisor	Sherman, Aurora
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Honors College
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Publisher	Oregon State University
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/12188

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