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Stereotypes can hold boys back in school, too

  • Written by David Miller, Doctoral Student in Psychology, Northwestern University
imageStudents of both genders carry around stereotypes about school achievement.Children image via www.shutterstock.com.

By age six, girls are less likely than boys to view their own gender as brilliant and express interest in activities described as for “really, really smart” children, according to new research published in Science.

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