6 Questions
What is a common misconception among parents and teachers according to the text?
Girls achieve academic success due to hard work.
At what age do girls start associating brilliance with males according to the study?
5
What percentage of five-year-old boys described people of their own gender as smart?
70%
By what age did girls associate smartness with females only 48% of the time according to the results?
6
What was the difference in how boys and girls associated intelligence with their own gender by the age of six?
Boys associated intelligence with males 65% of the time, girls 48% of the time.
In which activity were girls less interested compared to boys based on the text?
"Being really, really smart" game
Test your knowledge on the influence of gender stereotypes on perceptions of academic success among young children. Explore how boys and girls as young as six may internalize societal beliefs about intelligence and hard work.
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