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Prejudice Toward Atheists In The United States As Related To Perceived Prevalence, Wanda D. Brooks
Prejudice Toward Atheists In The United States As Related To Perceived Prevalence, Wanda D. Brooks
Psychology Theses & Dissertations
By manipulating mortality salience (MS) in place of life-threatening events to stimulate death-related thoughts, the current research contributes to the body of research supporting Terror Management Theory. It was hypothesized that religious participants should exhibit cultural worldview defense by scoring higher in anti-atheist prejudice following the MS manipulation than would those in the control condition. Further, this research extends the current research into Terror Management Theory as a cause for conflict among out-groups and explores its effects on cultural worldviews in the area of prejudice toward atheists. This includes examining how the perception of an increasing prevalence of atheists contributes …
Reconceptualizing Women's Stem Experiences: Building A Theory Of Positive Marginality, Valerie N. Streets
Reconceptualizing Women's Stem Experiences: Building A Theory Of Positive Marginality, Valerie N. Streets
Psychology Theses & Dissertations
Since the 1980s, disciplines such as psychology and sociology have discussed the construct of positive marginality. Positive marginality describes the perception that belonging to a non-dominant cultural or demographic group can be advantageous rather than oppressing. To date, research on positive marginality has explored the construct in a qualitative manner across a number of demographic groups (e.g., Jewish women in social sciences, African American women in predominantly Caucasian workplaces). Because women are largely underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, the current research examined positive marginality in a STEM context. This research advances the existing understanding of positive …