Our research in children and adults is examining the levels of gender stereotype knowledge and personal agreement, in academic subjects and occupations. The purpose of this project is to provide an overview of current gender attitudes in males and females from childhood, adolescence and adulthood, and to examine how these attitudes influence behaviour and choices. 

We are exploring the extent to which social learning from peers interacts with gender stereotypes to influence young people's decision making. We are testing the influence of same-gender and other-gender peer influences in both lab-based tasks (e.g., choosing whether to copy a peer response in a quiz task) and real-world contexts (i.e., choosing which subjects to study at school). 

We are studying the factors that influence young people's decisions to study an academic subject in which they will be part of a gender minority. We are also exploring the consequences of gender-minority membership for males and females at different developmental stages. This project in designed to help us understand and address the gender biases that persist in academic subject choices.