Men are brilliant, women are not? Gender stereotypes undermine girls' prospects in brilliance-oriented fields

Women are vastly underrepresented in fields that emphasize the quality of brilliance, such as science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). This thesis seeks to explain the origins of female underrepresentation in brilliance-oriented fields using the Field-specific Ability Beliefs (FAB) model (...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhao, Siqi
Other Authors: Setoh Pei Pei
Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159447