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Saying is experiencing: Affective consequences of complaining and affirmation

Polish Psychological Bulletin, 2009
In four experiments mood was measured before and after complaining or affirmation. Participants complained or affirmed either themselves or listened to such communications of another person. Mood decreased after complaining and increased after affirmation – a “saying is experiencing” (SIE) effect.
Bogdan Wojciszke, Wieslaw Baryla, Aleksandra Szymków-Sudziarska, Michal Parzuchowski, Katarzyna Kowalczyk   +4 more
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Academic and diversity consequences of affirmative action in Brazil

Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
Since 2001, Brazilian universities have been implementing affirmative-action policies to correct the racial, social and ethnic disparities in university admissions. An examination of the social-inclusion policies at three public universities in Brazil – the University of Brasilia, the Federal University of Bahia and the State University of Campinas ...
Porsha Childs, Nelly P. Stromquist
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The Textbook Case of Affirming the Consequent

Teaching Philosophy, 2001
L'auteur expose son raisonnement sur la tendance qu'ont les manuels a admettre que la plupart des gens etablissent des conclusions sans reflexion, qu'ils sont prisonniers de pensees automatiques qui leur permettent de retrouver une cause par sa consequence.
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Metabolic consequences of gender‐affirming hormone therapy in transgender adult persons

Practical Diabetes, 2023
AbstractAs more individuals seek to align their physical characteristics with their gender identity, transgender health care is a growing medical field which is no longer the remit of a few selected clinicians. Gender‐affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) is a mainstay treatment in gender reassignment and its medium‐ to long‐term metabolic sequelae are ...
Nadia Vloemans, Ma'en Al‐Mrayat
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The Impact of Anticipated Consequences, Respondent Group, and Strength of Affirmative Action Plan on Affirmative Action Attitudes

Group & Organization Management, 2008
Two experiments found that affirmative action attitudes varied with the respondent's racioethnic group, strength of affirmative action plan (AAP), anticipated consequences of the AAP, and interactions of racioethnic group with the other variables. AAP strength had a monotonic negative effect on attitudes for some groups, but an inverse-U effect for ...
David A. Kravitz, Tiffany M. Bludau, Stephen L. Klineberg   +2 more
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The Consequences of Premature Abandonment of Affirmative Action in Medical School Admissions

JAMA, 2003
The US Supreme Court recently accepted on appeal 2 cases from the University of Michigan regarding the constitutionality of race-conscious decision making in higher education admissions. The consequences of the Court's decision will directly affect the future of medicine in the United States.
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The Consequences of Gender-Affirming Care: A Survey of U.S. and U.K. Law

The International Law Review Association Student Forum, 2023
The prevalence of youth experiencing “gender dysphoria” over the last decade has exploded. More minors than ever before are identifying as a different gender than their biological sex. Yet, there is a divergence among nations regarding what care is best for minors questioning their gender identity.
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Thinking tools: The fallacy of affirming the consequent

Think, 2004
Thinking Tools is a regular feature that introduces pointers on thinking clearly and rigorously.
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Some Unanticipated Consequences of Affirmative Action Policies

Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, 1979
'Des programmes d'action affirmative' sont d6finis, ainsi que leur importance, alors que les buts vis6s sont discut s. Les difficultes inter-personnelles et inter-groupes pouvant resulter des politiques 'd'action affirmative' sont consid6r6es comme des cons6quences non prem6ditees de ce type d'action sociale.
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The Social Consequences of Affirmative Action: Deleterious Effects on Perceptions of Groups

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1998
It has been suggested that the existence of affirmative action programs may create or exacerbate negative perceptions of groups that benefit from these programs. To test this hypothesis, the authors presented 51 participants with a (fictitious) editorial describing a relatively unfamiliar immigrant group in a positive manner and manipulated whether the
Gregory R. Maio, Victoria M. Esses
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