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Educational Experiences And Shifts In Group Consciousness: Studying Women, Donna Henderson-King, Abigail J. Stewart
Educational Experiences And Shifts In Group Consciousness: Studying Women, Donna Henderson-King, Abigail J. Stewart
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This study takes a multifaceted approach to group consciousness. The authors assessed changes in women’s feminist consciousness due to their exposure to feminism through women’s studies. Feminist consciousness was measured at the beginning and end of a semester during which some research participants were enrolled in an introductory women’s studies course. Women’s studies students were compared with students who were interested, but not enrolled, in women’s studies. As expected, women’s studies students showed an increase on several aspects of feminist consciousness, whereas non–women’s studies students did not. Non–women’s studies students became less sensitive to sexism. It is also noteworthy that, …
The Impact Of A Passing Reference To Race On Perceptions Of Out-Group Differentiation: 'If You've Seen One...', Eaaron Henderson-King
The Impact Of A Passing Reference To Race On Perceptions Of Out-Group Differentiation: 'If You've Seen One...', Eaaron Henderson-King
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Although a considerable amount of attention has been given to the cognitive origins, and the resulting consequences, of out-group variability effects, little research has examined the extent to which perceptions of variability are influenced by social interactions. In the current study, participants heard about a person who was assaulted by either a Black or a White assailant. They then completed a group differentiation measure. As expected, participants in the Black assailant condition perceived Blacks in a less differentiated manner than participants in either the control or the White assailant conditions.