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Ascribed Versus Acquired Representations of Social Class and Their Relation to Anti-Poor Prejudice

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Prejudice based on a person’s low socioeconomic status (SES) has been largely understudied in social psychology. In my dissertation research, I argue that understanding a perceiver’s mental model of SES is crucial to explaining anti-poor prejudice. I borrow from work in anthropology to characterize two main mental models of SES—ascribed...

Keyword:

attitudes, socioeconomic status, motivation, prejudice, and mental representation

Subject:

Psychology

Creator:

Ryan Lei Fleming

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

10/16/2018

Date Modified:

10/19/2018

Date Created:

2017-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Testing and Extending Role Congruity Theory of Prejudice

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The current research tested the principles of role congruity theory of prejudice, which states that prejudice arises from an incongruity between a group stereotype and social role characteristics (i.e., the attributes and behaviors prescribed by the social role), such that prejudice occurs when members of a group enter or attempt...

Keyword:

people with mental illness, gender, prejudice, and role incongruity

Subject:

Psychology

Creator:

Anne M. Koenig

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

06/27/2018

Date Modified:

06/27/2018

Date Created:

2007-05-14

Resource Type:

Dissertation