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Racial minorities' reactions to race-based affirmative action in a simulated selection scenario
dc.creator | Stanush, Pamela Lee | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T22:42:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T22:42:55Z | |
dc.date.created | 1995 | |
dc.date.issued | 1995 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1995-THESIS-S73 | |
dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references. | en |
dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
dc.description.abstract | The present study investigated the affective responses of racial minorities. In a scenario-based study, African-American (N=196) and Hispanic (N=169) subjects role-played a college student (of the same sex and race as the subject) competing for an internship against a White applicant. Type of implementation procedure and qualification of beneficiary were manipulated in the scenario, and subjects' affective reactions, perceptions of fairness and competence, and feelings of stigmatization were measured. Results indicated that subjects in the preferential treatment condition reported less positive affective reactions and higher perceptions of fairness than subjects in the control condition. Subjects in the less qualified condition reported significantly less positive affective reactions and lower perceptions of competence and fairness than the equally qualified and no-information-about-qualifications groups. African-Americans and Hispanics significantly differed on two dependent variables. African-Americans reported lower expectations of future opportunities than Hispanics and higher expectations of being negatively evaluated by others. Males and females did not significantly differ on any of the dependent measures. These findings suggest that minorities are at the most risk for experiencing negative reactions to affirmative action interventions when they perceive themselves to be less qualified than other applicants. Overall, the results obtained seem to suggest that minority group status may not make a significant difference in reactions to affirmative action interventions suggesting that there may be a common reaction to such interventions across race and sex. | en |
dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
dc.subject | psychology. | en |
dc.subject | Major psychology. | en |
dc.title | Racial minorities' reactions to race-based affirmative action in a simulated selection scenario | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | psychology | en |
thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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