TY - JOUR
T1 - Judging gender from samples of adult handwriting
T2 - Accuracy and use of cues
AU - Burr, Vivien
PY - 2002/12/1
Y1 - 2002/12/1
N2 - In 2 experiments, participants judged 2 samples of adult handwriting for gender of writer; their accuracy was significantly better than chance and improved with practice. In a 3rd experiment, participants who were not cued for gender of writer judged coded male and female scripts to be significantly different with respect to features such as carefulness, neatness, regularity, and apparent speed of execution. The participants cued for gender of writer on the basis of their judgments on stylistic features such as slope and roundness, which appeared to be subsumed within the “higher order” dimensions of carefulness versus confidence. The results suggest that the participants cued for gender of writer may have been influenced by gender stereotypes, leading to errors in some of their judgments.
AB - In 2 experiments, participants judged 2 samples of adult handwriting for gender of writer; their accuracy was significantly better than chance and improved with practice. In a 3rd experiment, participants who were not cued for gender of writer judged coded male and female scripts to be significantly different with respect to features such as carefulness, neatness, regularity, and apparent speed of execution. The participants cued for gender of writer on the basis of their judgments on stylistic features such as slope and roundness, which appeared to be subsumed within the “higher order” dimensions of carefulness versus confidence. The results suggest that the participants cued for gender of writer may have been influenced by gender stereotypes, leading to errors in some of their judgments.
KW - Gender
KW - Judgment of handwriting
KW - Stereotypes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036885598&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00224540209603929
DO - 10.1080/00224540209603929
M3 - Article
C2 - 12450344
AN - SCOPUS:0036885598
VL - 142
SP - 691
EP - 700
JO - Journal of Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Social Psychology
SN - 0022-4545
IS - 6
ER -