Where women win: Supervisors of school psychologists prefer female job candidates.

152 supervisors of school psychologists participated in a study of the effects of sex, race, and physical attractiveness on judgments of likelihood that several different hypothetical job candidates with master's degrees would be invited for an interview or nominated for a job as a school psychologist. Sex and race were between-Ss factors so as not to cue Ss that these factors were of interest in the study. Ss given female job applications rated them significantly higher than those given male job applications. This was true for both the decision to interview and the decision to hire. Ss also preferred more attractive over less attractive candidates, though this effect interacted with the race of the applicant. Race by itself did not affect Ss' judgments. Findings suggest that school psychology is a sex-typed occupational role. (26 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)