[{"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Social categorization is a crucial information processing strategy that adults deliberately adjust depending on goals and situational requirements. This study investigated whether flexibility in categorization is similarly present among preschool children. More specifically, we tested whether spontaneous gender categorizations are more pronounced for children with a situationally induced abstract compared to concrete construal level mindset. Sixty-one children first participated in a construal mindset induction task before completing a visual variant of the \"who said what\" memory task. Systematic memory confusions indicated that all children engaged in gender-based social categorization but that this tendency was accentuated in the abstract compared to concrete mindset condition. These results suggest an ability of children to modulate social categorizations. Implications for the development of intergroup biases are discussed."}],"extern":"1","status":"public","department":[{"_id":"DEP1500"}],"year":"2022","user_id":"83778","external_id":{"isi":["000927579300011"],"pmid":["35964375"]},"doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103708","date_updated":"2026-04-10T09:12:47Z","publisher":"Elsevier BV","type":"scientific_journal_article","article_number":"103708","_id":"13634","publication":"Acta Psychologica","title":"Construal level mindsets modulate gender categorizations in preschool children","volume":229,"pmid":"1","publication_status":"published","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"date_created":"2026-03-27T10:08:14Z","citation":{"havard":"G. Halbeisen, M.E. Jaffé, Construal level mindsets modulate gender categorizations in preschool children, Acta Psychologica. 229 (2022).","ufg":"<b>Halbeisen, Georg/Jaffé, Mariela E.</b>: Construal level mindsets modulate gender categorizations in preschool children, in: <i>Acta Psychologica</i> 229 (2022).","chicago-de":"Halbeisen, Georg und Mariela E. Jaffé. 2022. Construal level mindsets modulate gender categorizations in preschool children. <i>Acta Psychologica</i> 229. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103708\">10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103708</a>, .","short":"G. Halbeisen, M.E. Jaffé, Acta Psychologica 229 (2022).","apa":"Halbeisen, G., &#38; Jaffé, M. E. (2022). Construal level mindsets modulate gender categorizations in preschool children. <i>Acta Psychologica</i>, <i>229</i>, Article 103708. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103708\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103708</a>","mla":"Halbeisen, Georg, and Mariela E. Jaffé. “Construal Level Mindsets Modulate Gender Categorizations in Preschool Children.” <i>Acta Psychologica</i>, vol. 229, 103708, 2022, <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103708\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103708</a>.","ama":"Halbeisen G, Jaffé ME. Construal level mindsets modulate gender categorizations in preschool children. <i>Acta Psychologica</i>. 2022;229. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103708\">10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103708</a>","van":"Halbeisen G, Jaffé ME. Construal level mindsets modulate gender categorizations in preschool children. Acta Psychologica. 2022;229.","ieee":"G. Halbeisen and M. E. Jaffé, “Construal level mindsets modulate gender categorizations in preschool children,” <i>Acta Psychologica</i>, vol. 229, Art. no. 103708, 2022, doi: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103708\">10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103708</a>.","chicago":"Halbeisen, Georg, and Mariela E. Jaffé. “Construal Level Mindsets Modulate Gender Categorizations in Preschool Children.” <i>Acta Psychologica</i> 229 (2022). <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103708\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103708</a>.","bjps":"<b>Halbeisen G and Jaffé ME</b> (2022) Construal Level Mindsets Modulate Gender Categorizations in Preschool Children. <i>Acta Psychologica</i> <b>229</b>.","din1505-2-1":"<span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Halbeisen, Georg</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Jaffé, Mariela E.</span>: Construal level mindsets modulate gender categorizations in preschool children. In: <i>Acta Psychologica</i> Bd. 229, Elsevier BV (2022)"},"publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1873-6297"],"issn":["0001-6918"]},"author":[{"full_name":"Halbeisen, Georg","last_name":"Halbeisen","id":"85780","first_name":"Georg","orcid":"0000-0002-9529-2215"},{"full_name":"Jaffé, Mariela E.","last_name":"Jaffé","first_name":"Mariela E."}],"intvolume":"       229","isi":"1"}]