What do the teachers think about these games?

For 5- to 7-year-olds

First, your child will be asked to select their age and if they are a boy or a girl. Then, your child will learn about two new games (the "Fleeb Game" and "Zoot Game") and two teachers. They will hear that one teacher holds gender stereotypes about the games, while the other believes boys and girls are both good at the games. Your child will choose which teacher they would like to watch them play one of the games. Then, they will play the game (a fun visual search task).

As children start school, they may encounter gender stereotypes about different subjects (e.g., math, reading). One way they learn these stereotypes may be through teachers, who may intentionally or unintentionally communicate their own biases to students. How do children respond when asked to complete an activity a teacher believes their gender is not good at? Do children seek to prove the biased teacher wrong or do they prefer a more egalitarian teacher? This work examines whether children are sensitive to teachers' biases and how stereotypes shape behavior in a classroom context.

15 minutes

After you finish the study, we will email you a $5 Amazon.com gift card within a week of participation. To be eligible for the gift card and certificate: (1) your child must be in the age range for this study, (2) English is (one of) your child's first language(s), (3) you need to submit a valid consent statement, and (4) we need to see that there is a child with you during the experiment. Each child is eligible to participate to receive a gift card only once; participants cannot do the study more than once for compensation.