研究：女性创造力更难被认可
Study claims males are seen as MORE creative than women
Men are believed to be more creative than women, even if they show equal skill.
就算表现出的能力不相上下,人们还是觉得男性的创造力比女性强.
This is according to a series of studies that found most people associate creativity with 'masculine qualities', such as risk-taking and a sense of adventure.
一系列研究结果发现,大多数人都把创造力和男性特质联系起来,比如承担风险的能力或是冒险精神.
The findings provide a clearer insight into why men tend to get promoted faster than women in a range of professions, the researchers say.
研究人员表示,这些研究结果让人们可以更明确地洞悉为什么在职场中男性比女性晋升得更快.
'Our research shows that beliefs about what it takes to 'think creatively' overlap substantially with the unique content of male stereotypes,' says lead researcher Devon Proudfoot at Duke University.
这项研究的领头人、美国杜克大学的德文•普劳德富特说："我们的研究表明,人们对于'创造性思维'的认知很大方面都和传统观念的男性特质相重合."
In an online study, the researchers randomly assigned 80 participants to read a passage describing a type of creativity.
在第一个实验中,研究人员在网上随机指派80名参与者阅读一篇描述创造力的文章.
They included the ability to 'think outside the box', also known as divergent thinking, or the ability to 'connect the dots', known as convergent thinking.
这篇文章所描述的创造力包括"跳出框框思考",也称作发散性思维,以及"将多个点连在一起"的能力,也叫作聚合思维.
After reading the passage, the participants rated how central 16 different personality traits are to creativity.
读完文章后,参与者对16种不同的人格特质按照他们和创
