Undergraduate Psychology Alumni: Gender and Cohort Differences in Course Usefulness, Postbaccalaureate Education, and Career Paths

摘要: We surveyed psychology majors who graduated between 1967 and 1986 to investigate gender cohort differences in current perceptions of undergraduate course usefulness, postbaccalaureate education, occupational achievements. W e found that more women than men (a) obtained bachelor's degrees during the 20-year period; (b) earned advanced psychology-related fields; (c) recent years, worked a d positions. The two courses most frequently named as useful since graduation were Abnormal Psychology Methodology. Our results provide evidence for male flight from resulting feminization major.