Sex Role Stereotyping and Art Education

Power and the Social Order: Sex Role Stereotyping in Children's Television

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Art and Design Education in the UK

This paper seeks to identify the philosophical origins of the teaching of art and design and subsequently trace its incorporation into a teaching program in the UK. It briefly discusses the nature of its classical ‘drawing’ background and the conflicts in the debate as to what ‘design’ means. It then goes on to identify the cultural and political context which shaped the institutions, such as A...

Sex differences and statistical stereotyping in attitudes toward financial risk

Subjects in a laboratory experiment completed the Zuckerman Sensation-Seeking Scale (SSS) then chose among five alternative gambles with substantial financial stakes. The gambles differed in expected return and variance. Gambles were presented in one of two different frames in a betweensubjects design. In one, subjects were paid a fixed sum for completing the survey and that sum was then at ris...

Images, Art and Education

Gender-Stereotyping and Cognitive Sex Differences in Mixed- and Same-Sex Groups

Sex differences in specific cognitive abilities are well documented, but the biological, psychological, and sociocultural interactions that may underlie these differences are largely unknown. We examined within a biopsychosocial approach how gender stereotypes affect cognitive sex differences when adult participants were tested in mixed- or same-sex groups. A total of 136 participants (70 women...