This research investigates the link between scientific identity and STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine)-related outcomes as a function of identity certainty. Across a pilot study and three additional studies, participants' scientific identity was first measured using different procedures. Then, the certainty with which that identity was held was either measured (pilot study and Studies 1 & 2) or manipulated (Study 3). Both subjective outcomes (e.g., interest and career decisions in the pilot study and Study 2) and objective consequences (e.g., performance in Studies 1 and 3) served as dependent variables. As expected, results showed that participants' scientific identity was more strongly associated with STEMM-relevant outcomes as certainty in that identity increased. Beyond predicting when and for whom scientific identity is more likely to guide career decisions and performance, this research showed that reliance on identity certainty (a metacognitive assessment) is more likely to occur as the extent of thinking is increased. By inducing elaboration after certainty was already manipulated (Study 3), this research distinguishes between forming a metacognitive judgment of certainty and subsequently using that already existing certainty.

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科学身份和 STEMM 相关成果：精细化调节身份确定性的使用


这项研究调查了科学身份与 STEMM（科学、技术、工程、数学和医学）相关结果之间的联系，作为身份确定性的函数。在一项试点研究和另外三项研究中，首先使用不同的程序来衡量参与者的科学身份。然后，对该身份的确定性进行测量（试点研究以及研究 1 和 2）或进行操纵（研究 3）。主观结果（例如，试点研究和研究 2 中的兴趣和职业决策）和客观结果（例如，研究 1 和 3 中的表现）均作为因变量。正如预期的那样，结果表明，随着参与者的科学身份的确定性增加，其与 STEMM 相关结果的关联性更强。除了预测科学身份何时以及针对谁更有可能指导职业决策和绩效之外，这项研究还表明，随着思维范围的增加，对身份确定性（元认知评估）的依赖更有可能发生。通过在确定性被操纵后引入详细阐述（研究 3），本研究区分了形成确定性的元认知判断和随后使用已经存在的确定性。