研究：女性創(chuàng)造力更難被認(rèn)可

Men are believed to be more creative than women, even if they show equal skill.
就算表現(xiàn)出的能力不相上下，人們還是覺得男性的創(chuàng)造力比女性強(qiáng)。

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.
一系列研究結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)，大多數(shù)人都把創(chuàng)造力和男性特質(zhì)聯(lián)系起來，比如承擔(dān)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的能力或是冒險(xiǎn)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.
研究人員表示，這些研究結(jié)果讓人們可以更明確地洞悉為什么在職場(chǎng)中男性比女性晉升得更快。

'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.
這項(xiàng)研究的領(lǐng)頭人、美國杜克大學(xué)的德文?普勞德富特說：“我們的研究表明，人們對(duì)于‘創(chuàng)造性思維’的認(rèn)知很大方面都和傳統(tǒng)觀念的男性特質(zhì)相重合。”

In an online study, the researchers randomly assigned 80 participants to read a passage describing a type of creativity.
在第一個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)中，研究人員在網(wǎng)上隨機(jī)指派80名參與者閱讀一篇描述創(chuàng)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.
這篇文章所描述的創(chuàng)造力包括“跳出框框思考”，也稱作發(fā)散性思維，以及“將多個(gè)點(diǎn)連在一起”的能力，也叫作聚合思維。

After reading the passage, the participants rated how central 16 different personality traits are to creativity.
讀完文章后，參與者對(duì)16種不同的人格特質(zhì)按照他們和創(chuàng)造力的關(guān)聯(lián)大小進(jìn)行排序。

As expected, participants associated creativity more with stereotypically masculine traits, including decisiveness, competitiveness, risk-taking, ambition, and daring, than with stereotypically feminine traits like cooperation and understanding.
果不其然，相比傳統(tǒng)觀念中的女性特質(zhì)（如合作和理解），參與者挑選出的大多都和典型的男性特質(zhì)相符，包括堅(jiān)定果斷、爭(zhēng)強(qiáng)好勝、勇于冒險(xiǎn)、雄心勃勃以及大膽勇敢。

In a second online study, Proudfoot randomly assigned 169 participants to read about either an architect or a fashion designer; some were told the professional was male and others were told that the professional was female.
在第二個(gè)在線實(shí)驗(yàn)中，普勞德富特隨機(jī)指派169名參與者閱讀關(guān)于一個(gè)建筑師或一個(gè)設(shè)計(jì)師的資料，一部分人被告知這名專業(yè)人士為男性，另一部分人被告知這名專業(yè)人士為女性。

The participants viewed three images of the person's work and rated the work on its creativity, originality, and outside-the-box thinking.
參與者通過三張照片了解這位專業(yè)人士的作品，并從創(chuàng)造性、原創(chuàng)性和開創(chuàng)性思考三個(gè)方面來給作品打分。

The male architect was judged as more creative than the female architect, despite the fact that their creations were identical.
盡管他們的作品大體相同，但人們還是覺得男性建筑師比女性建筑師更加富有創(chuàng)造力。

'This result suggests that gender bias in creativity judgments may affect tangible economic outcomes for men and women in the workplace,' the researchers write.
普勞德富特寫道：“研究結(jié)果表明，在判斷創(chuàng)造力方面的性別偏見可能會(huì)影響男女在職場(chǎng)中實(shí)際的經(jīng)濟(jì)收入。

'In suggesting that women are less likely than men to have their creative thinking recognized, our research not only points to a unique reason why women may be passed over for corporate leadership positions, but also suggests why women remain largely absent from elite circles within creative industries,' says Proudfoot.
“研究顯示，女性的創(chuàng)造性思維相比男性更難以得到認(rèn)可。我們的研究不僅從一個(gè)獨(dú)特的角度解釋了女性為什么會(huì)與公司高層職位失之交臂，也解釋了為什么創(chuàng)意產(chǎn)業(yè)的精英圈子里難覓女性的身影。

英文來源：每日郵報(bào)
譯者：黃心喻
編輯：丹妮