scispace - formally typeset
M

Monica Biernat

Researcher at University of Kansas

Publications -  109
Citations -  6962

Monica Biernat is an academic researcher from University of Kansas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social group & Stereotype. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 106 publications receiving 6371 citations. Previous affiliations of Monica Biernat include University of Florida.

Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Shifting standards and stereotype-based judgments.

TL;DR: In this paper, Biernat, Manis, and Nelson used stereotypes that men are more competent than women, women are more verbally able than men, Whites are more verbal able than Blacks, and Blacks are more athletic than Whites to demonstrate the shifting standards phenomenon.
Journal ArticleDOI

Stereotypes and Standards of Judgment

TL;DR: In this paper, subjects judged a series of targets with respect to a number of gender-relevant attributes (e.g., height, weight, and income) using either subjective (Likert-type) or objective response scales (eg, inches, pounds, and dollars).
Journal ArticleDOI

Gender- and race-based standards of competence: lower minimum standards but higher ability standards for devalued groups

TL;DR: This paper found that participants set lower minimum-competency standards, but higher ability standards, for female than for male and for Black than for White applicants, in a simulated applicant-evaluation setting.
Journal ArticleDOI

Mothers and Fathers in the Workplace: How Gender and Parental Status Influence Judgments of Job-Related Competence

TL;DR: This article investigated the influence of gender and parental status on employment decisions and found that parents were judged less agentic and less committed to employment than non-parents, and that parental status also interacted with gender, indicating that fathers were held to more lenient standards than mothers.
Journal ArticleDOI

Toward a Broader View of Social Stereotyping.

TL;DR: It is highlighted that stereotyping effects can also occur in the direction of contrast--or even null effects-- depending on the nature and form of the outcome being assessed (from the researcher's perspective, the dependent variable of interest).