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Threat or boost: Social comparison affects older people’s performance differently depending on task domain [PDF]
, 2012 Objectives. In this research, we investigate whether social comparison with younger people can result in either a stereotype-based threat or boost in older people’s performance. Methods. Study 1 used nationally representative data to establish domains
Abrams, Dominic +2 more
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Five Decades of Research on Rape Myths and Victim Interpretation
Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past 5 decades of social science research, scholars have examined false narratives and beliefs associated with rape and sexual assault (often called “rape myths”). This scoping review employs an innovative technique to sample and describe a large cohort of scholarly articles that investigate sexual assault victim interpretation and ...
Elizabeth Trudeau, Ruth Carmi
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Effects of the California High School Exit Exam on Student Persistence, Achievement, and Graduation [PDF]
, 2009 Analyzes the impact of the exit exam requirement on student persistence, achievement, and graduation by race/ethnicity and gender and the factors behind the differential effects.
Allison Atteberry +3 more
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Student Identity Disclosed: Analysis of an Online Student Profile Tool [PDF]
, 2019 In the University of Minnesota’s Student Writing Support program, we gather, record, and share student and course information in order to support consultants in their work with writers; to assess and improve our own practice; and to make compelling ...
Jamsen, Kirsten +2 more
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Seats at the Table, Shifts in the Actions: Board Gender Diversity and Climate Activism
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As regulatory and stakeholder pressures intensify, firms are increasingly expected to move beyond symbolic sustainability commitments towards corporate climate activism. This concept refers to the active institutionalisation of climate‐focused mechanisms such as external assurance, board oversight and climate‐linked incentives.
Md Tanvir Hamim, Rasim Simsek
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Reducing Stereotype Threat in First-Year Logic Classes
Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, 2015 In this paper I examine some research on how to diminish or eliminate stereotype threat in mathematics. Some of the successful strategies include: informing our students about stereotype threat, challenging the idea that logical intelligence is an ...
Vanessa Lehan
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Researching Attitude–Identity Dynamics to Understand Social Conflict and Change
European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Societies undergo constant change, manifested in various ways such as technological developments, economic transitions, reorganization of cultural values and beliefs, or changes in social structures. Individuals play an active role in shaping social and societal change by interactively negotiating its manifestation.
Adrian Lüders +4 more
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, 2018 Amongst the many social factors that impact upon children, race is arguably one of the largest. Race is an ever-present social category that governs many elements of a child’s interaction with others, and especially for racial minority children it exerts
Atkin, Albert
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European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The current research focused on how competing narratives (i.e., dominant and resistance narratives) are endorsed among low‐status group members, through the case of the US military base issue in Okinawa, Japan. Specifically, we explored patterns of Okinawans’ narrative endorsement (i.e., dominant and resistance narratives surrounding the ...
Maho Aikawa, Andrew L. Stewart
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Factors Impacting Women\u27s Participation in STEM Fields [PDF]
, 2015 Women are highly underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) field professions (Beede, Julian, Langdon, McKittrick, Khan, & Doms, 2011).
Gilbreath, Lila Carly
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