Wright, Christopher (2018) The Communication of Criticism across Gender Subgroups: The role of Warmth and Competence Stereotypes. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate whether women compared to men are less appropriate targets of criticism. With feedback possibly being withheld from certain targets for a variety of reasons, it is vital to identify which groups may be missing out on opportunities to grow. The aims of the current research were to examine whether (1) participants are less willing to criticise a woman compared to a man, (2) the gender role occupied by the woman and man impacts the willingness to criticise, and (3) the gender of the deliverer of the criticism influences the willingness to criticise the gender groups. To examine this participants (N = 107), primarily USQ students read vignettes describing an individual that was either in a traditional gender or a non-traditional gender role. Participants were then tasked with identifying perceived warmth and competence of the individual. They were provided vignettes with scenarios with an opportunity to criticise the individual face-to-face. It was hypothesised that participants would be less willing to criticise women compared to men. It was also predicted that participants would be less willing to criticise women occupying a traditional gender role compared to women in a non-traditional gender role. Participants would also be less willing to criticise men occupying non-traditional gender roles compared to men in a traditional gender role. Despite these predictions not holding up, the study identified that traditional roles were less appropriate to criticise compared to non-traditional roles, providing evidence that traditional roles may be protected from criticism. Results are discussed with mention of theoretical and practical implications and the strengths, limitations, and future research directions.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Carla Jeffries |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2025 00:29 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Aug 2025 00:29 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | criticism, feedback, warmth, competence, gender role, Stereotype Content Model, traditional, non-traditional |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52899 |
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