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Affect Control Theory and Gendered Occupations
Title
Affect Control Theory and Gendered Occupations
Author
Barry, Leanne
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Sociology, Social psychology
Description
Gender is widely considered to be a major contributing factor in workplace inequality. This is largely due to the gendering of occupations by labelling certain jobs as more appropriate for one gender than the other. In this paper, I examine gender...
Fear and Loathing in the Heartland: Status Insufficiency, Resentment, and the Future of American Democracy
Title
Fear and Loathing in the Heartland: Status Insufficiency, Resentment, and the Future of American Democracy
Author
Kitchens, Jordan
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Sociology, Social psychology
Description
The current technological and economic transformations spurred by globalization are having detrimental effects on White rural communities’ social status. The status-power theory of social relations predicts that status insufficiency results in neg...
HOW ATTITUDES AFFECT GENDER AS A STATUS CHARACTERISTIC
Title
HOW ATTITUDES AFFECT GENDER AS A STATUS CHARACTERISTIC
Author
Randolph, Kyle
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Social psychology, Psychology, Experimental
Description
Status Characteristics theory (SCT) argues that individuals’ gender attitudes are inconsequential in the status process. SCT states that, since the status process is subconscious, conscious beliefs and attitudes are irrelevant. Because of this arg...
TESTING THE STRICT DEPENDENCE ARGUMENT
Title
TESTING THE STRICT DEPENDENCE ARGUMENT
Author
Burrill, Daniel
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Sociology, Social psychology
Description
Abstract Task cues are indications of how an individual in a task group thinks they will perform at the group’s task (Berger et al. 1986). Prior research (Conner 1977; Ridgeway et al. 1985) has shown that status characteristics influence the produ...
UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIALIZATION SOURCES DURING THE ADAPTATION TO THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
Title
UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIALIZATION SOURCES DURING THE ADAPTATION TO THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
Author
Dubose, Cornell
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Sociology, Social psychology, Social sciences--Research
Description
CORNELL DUBOSE. Understanding the Influence of Socialization Sources During the Adaptation to the College Experience. (Under the direction of Dr. Elizabeth Stearns)Every year in the United States, thousands of young adults start their college care...