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Sociology

California State University, San Bernardino

Theses/Dissertations

2004

African Americans Interpersonal relations

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Differences Between African Americans And White Americans On Social Acuity, Richard Raymond Jaramillo Jan 2004

Differences Between African Americans And White Americans On Social Acuity, Richard Raymond Jaramillo

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This study, conceptually replicating the study by Funder and Harris (1986), examined the difference between African Americans and white Americans on measures of social acuity. Social acuity, as defined in this context, is the ability and inclination to perceive the psychological state of others and guide one's behavior in accordance with that perception.