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Browsing Dissertations and Theses by Author "Shoda, Yuichi"
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The Automatic Social Categorization Test: Validating a New Measure
Sedlins, Mara (2012)Categorization is an essential process in making sense of the world. However, it simplifies perception in a way that distorts reality to some degree. For instance, the color spectrum is a continuum of wavelengths; but ... -
Black and White or shades of gray: Individual differences in automatic race categorization
Malahy, Lori Wu Sz-Hwei (2013-04-17)This dissertation focuses on automatic race categorization (ARC), or the tendency for people to perceive others as falling into discrete racial groups rather than perceiving more continuous racial variation. Traditional ... -
Evaluating smoking attitudes in response to different types of anti-smoking messages using a Highly Repeated Within-Person Design
Sridharan, VasundharaCounter-marketing of tobacco use is an important component of preventing tobacco initiation and encouraging quitting among current smokers, and has contributed to overall reduction of smoking prevalence. However, further ... -
Gender Double Standard of Aging: How Perception of Age and Related Social Outcomes are Modulated by the Gender of the Perceived
Shen, Yiqin AliciaUnderstanding the influence of group labeling (e.g., gender, race, age) on social processes is one of the most important objectives of social psychology. Research in this tradition often studies the influence of one group ... -
In the Eyes of the Beholder: Perception of Colorblind Ideology Depends on the Identities of Both Endorser and Perceiver
Ray, IshikaColorblindness ideology suggests that we should minimize our attention to race in social discourse. Research on colorblindness is contradictory: it may lead to increased racial prejudice and legitimizing racial inequality ... -
Investigating Social Mobility: Cultural Frames and Cultural Frame Switching in First-Generation College Students
Brady, Laura MichelleMy dissertation examines whether people who move between social classes 1) experience social class biculturalism, and 2) engage in social class cultural frame switching. I explore these questions using first-generation ... -
Not all beliefs against focusing on race are the same: It may depend on whether race is conceptualized as a social reality or as an essentialized entity
CHANG, KAREN SStatements expressing the idea that society should minimize attention to race are considered to reflect colorblind ideology. However, while many studies found strong and positive correlations between endorsement of these ... -
The Role of Addiction Mindsets in Smoking Cessation: Scale Development and Pilot Randomized Trial
Sridharan, VasundharaLay theories about the malleability of human attributes, also known as fixed and growth mindsets, have been shown to impact behavior in many domains. The goal of this work was to measure and test the role of mindsets in ... -
Who is Like a Scientist? A Self-Prototype Matching Approach to Women's Underrepresentation in STEM Fields
Ryan, MartinWhy are women approaching parity in some science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) majors but still lagging behind in others? I construct a multidimensional scaling map to understand which clusters of majors appear ...