Sylvia Beyer
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My research interests include gender and the self. Within these relatively broad areas I have conducted research on gender differences in the accuracy of self-perceptions, gender stereotypes, gender differences in causal attributions of performance, and self-consistent tendencies. I am particularly interested in the self-perceptions of women in masculine domains.
I have received a $428,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study predictors of women's interest in and retention in Computer Science.
Primary Interests:
- Causal Attribution
- Gender Psychology
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
Journal Articles:
- Beyer S. (1995). Maternal employment and children's academic achievement: Parenting style as mediating variable. Developmental Review, 15, 212-253.
- Beyer, S. (1998/1999). Gender differences in causal attributions by college students of performance on course examinations. Current Psychology, 17, 346-358.
- Beyer, S. (1999). Gender differences in the accuracy of grade expectancies and evaluations. Sex Roles, 41, 279-296.
- Beyer, S. (1999). The accuracy of academic gender stereotypes. Sex Roles, 40, 787-813.
- Beyer, S. (2002) The effects of gender, dysphoria, and performance feedback on the accuracy of self-evaluations. Sex Roles, 47, 453-464.
- Beyer, S. (1990). Gender differences in the accuracy of self-evaluations of performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 960-970.
- Beyer, S. (1998). Gender differences in self-perception and negative recall biases. Sex Roles, 38, 103-133.
- Beyer, S., & Bowden, E. M. (1997). Gender differences in self-perceptions: Convergent evidence from three measures of accuracy and bias. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 157-172.
- Beyer, S., & Haller, S. (2006). Gender differences and intra-gender differences in Computer Science students: Are female CS majors more similar to male CS majors or female non-majors?” Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 12, 337-365.
- Beyer, S., DeKeuster, M., Rynes, K., & DeHeer, J. (2004). The temporal stability of gender differences in MIS students. Proceedings of the tenth annual meeting of the Americas Conference on Information Systems, 1197-1204.
- Beyer, S., DeKeuster, M., Walter, K., Colar, M., & Holcomb, C. (2005). Changes in CS students’ attitudes towards CS over time: An examination of gender differences. Proceedings of the Thirty-sixth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 392-396.
- Beyer, S., Rynes, K., & Haller, S. (2004). Deterrents to women taking Computer Science courses. IEEE Society and Technology, 23, 21-28.
Other Publications:
- Beyer, S. (2006). Gender differences in Computer Science and MIS majors. In E. M. Trauth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology. Hershey, PA: Idea Publishing.
- Beyer, S., & DeKeuster, M. (2006). Women majoring in Computer Science or Management Information Systems: A comparative analysis. In J. M. Cohoon & W. Aspray (Eds.), Women and Information Technology: Research on under-representation (pp. 323-349). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Beyer, S., Rynes, K., Perrault, J., Hay, K., & Haller, S. (2003). Gender differences in Computer Science students. Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 49-53.
Courses Taught:
- Advanced Social Psychology: The Self in Social Contexts
- Developmental Psychology
- Directed Studies
- General Psychology
- Psychology of Gender
- Research Methods
- Social Psychology
Sylvia Beyer
Department of Psychology
900 Wood Road, Box 2000
University of Wisconsin--Parkside
Kenosha, Wisconsin 53141-2000
United States of America
- Phone: (262) 595-2353
- Fax: (262) 595-2602