Suppose that your friend remarks that she isn't going to select a major requiring calculus because she "isn't a math person." Knowing what you now know about gender socialization factors related to gender differences in academic and career pursuits, what might you be thinking? In other words, what gender socialization factors might have influenced your friend to come to believe that she is not a math person?
In your response, be sure to incorporate some of the following concepts from this week's assigned chapters (at minimum): stereotype threat; fixed versus growth mindset beliefs; gender differences in attributions for success versus failure; the impact of parental gender stereotypes; teacher-student interaction; interaction styles in adulthood.