Women, however, were more likely to ask a question when more questions were asked overall during a seminar, and less likely if the first person to ask a question was a man. Some of the reticence is rational from a reputation-preservation perspective: audience members who ask questions can be judged as harshly as the primary speakers of a seminar, says coauthor Alyssa Croft, an assistant social psychology professor at the University of Arizona.
That judgment can be especially harsh for women who, in asking a question, may be perceived as bucking gender norms that say they should be quiet, polite, and agreeable. Though Sotomayor eventually found her footing, for many women, such behavior can have opportunity cost. I felt like, Oh, I have valid ideas. If just by studying this we were able to impact it, that would be a rousing victory for us.
The goal is to make our professional meetings more approachable, equitable, and engaging. Now I raise my hand early on to get out of my comfort zone, and to encourage other people. Those tiny interventions can add up. When a woman asks a question in that kind of a high-stakes setting, it can help validate the yet unspoken ideas of other audience members, too, simply by confirming that someone who looks and sounds like them has presence and power in the field.
Take, for example, the categories of communitive traits versus agentic traits. Communion-related traits, stereotypically feminine, include being nurturing, warm, and oriented toward caring for others, while agentic traits, stereotypically masculine, include being assertive, independent, and self-promotion focused. A similar argument holds for question-asking behavior, and its value as a proxy for other variables, such as confidence and belonging.
Does it actually tell us something deeper about an individual question asker, or is it just easy to see? Harvard Business School associate professor Alison Wood Brooks considers question asking an important part of conversation because of how often the opportunity to ask a question arises. There are very few evidence-based prescriptions or interventions that can make people more emotionally intelligent, but question asking can.
And women do ask more questions, and speak up more, in different settings. But research into women speaking in public spaces can still help us understand why some women may not pose questions, and what can happen if they do.
In a lab experiment, she asked participants to rate the competence and leadership suitability of a hypothetical male and female CEO after they read short biographies describing how much each spoke. There were four different biographies that differed across two dimensions—gender the CEO was named either Jennifer or John Morgan and talkativeness the CEO was described as either talking more or less than average in the workplace.
In the talkative female condition—where the CEO was a female and she spoke more than other people in power—participants rated her as less competent and less suitable for leadership than the male CEO who spoke an equal amount. One woman told the researchers about a conversation with a male colleague after a meeting in which she had spoken up. Instead of confronting her colleague over his sexist comment, she decided to quiet down in future meetings.
In the book A More Beautiful Question , journalist Warren Berger argues that asking better questions can improve decision-making in part by challenging biases and assumptions , spark creative problem-solving, strengthen personal relationships, and enhance leadership.
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Why the IPA is different in some dictionaries and what to…. Or, do you want to seize the opportunity for learning and engage with your child by providing an adequate explanation and further your conversation? Because honestly, two minutes of peace and quiet to go to the bathroom is not too much to ask. Whenever possible, encourage your child to ask questions because this fosters their natural curiosity and independence.
When answering questions and conversing with your child, be an active participant. McCormack suggests getting on their level or making eye contact if possible , showing genuine interest with tone of voice and non-verbal cues, and ultimately asking them questions to practice problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
Engaging with our children in this way helps to strengthen our parent-child bond and encourage independence. But then there are those moments when we, as parents, get blindsided by uncomfortable questions. How you react during these moments when it is especially important to establish open lines of communication? Alan Kazdin, Ph. When relevant, include your family beliefs and values. This is particularly useful when tackling tough subjects with older children.
Michele Borba, Ed. Engaging in open communication with your children from a young age, sets the expectation that your kids can talk to you about difficult subjects.
A study from University College London, found that people who perceived their parents as less psychologically controlling grew up to have greater well-being and life satisfaction. In other words, being a warm and responsive parent by engaging your child in an honest way encourages their learning and awareness, and promotes social and emotional development. When a child asks a question, it is an opportunity to teach critical thinking skills by delving deeper and asking follow-up questions to encourage them to understand process, causation and even make observations about their environment.
Being patient when my daughter asked for the fifteenth time why I put milk in my cereal was exhausting.
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