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Understanding Stigma By Association: The Roles Of Prior Attitudes And Objective Justification
(Psychology, 2010-03-03)The interaction between Stigma by Association (SBA), Objective Justification (an excuse) and prior negative attitudes (homonegativity) was examined using a mock scholarship application and a recommendation index. In Study ... -
Validation Of World English (WE) Listening Comprehension Scale
(Psychology, 2007-08-23)World English (WE) includes any type of dialectical English spoken around the world (Hinkel, 2005). In the present study, a WE listening test was developed. The original form of the test consisted of six scales measuring, ... -
Verbal Behavior Of Mice And Men: Preference For Multiple Schedules Of Reinforcement As An Indicator Of The Evolution Of Verbal Behavior
(Psychology, 2012-04-11)The evolution of verbal behavior in humans is believed to have appeared in the form of a complex operant behavior. According to behaviorists, the development verbal behavior which is exclusive to Homo sapiens could have ... -
Weight Bias and Mindset in Physical Educators
(2020-06-03)While physical education (PE) classes and sports teams create an opportunity to increase overweight and obese students’ interest in physical activity (Price, 1990), these are settings in which such students encounter stigma ... -
What Individual Difference And Social Context Veriables Predict University-level Academic Performance?
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)The present study was an on-line correlational survey study of 377 UT-Arlington undergraduates. It examined what personality variables predicted university-level academic performance over and above conscientiousness, after ... -
What's The Personality Of A Blank? An Examination Of The Personality Differences Between Reporters And Nonreporters Of Demographics
(Psychology, 2008-08-08)The current study examined the measurement equivalence of personality measures between those who report demographic variables (i.e., age, race, and gender) and those who do not report these variables. Measurement equivalence ...