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Getting To The Heart Of Social And Educational Disadvantage: Exploring The Impact Of Social Interactions Across The Class Divide, Ryan M. Pickering

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Economic inequality between rich and poor in the United States is now at an all- time high. The increasing economic inequality in the United States may have deleterious effects for social interactions across the so-called “class divide.” Individuals from different socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds may find cross-class interactions stressful or intimidating, particularly when they are from a lower-status group.

Across two studies, I examine the impact of cross-class social interactions on cognitive performance and physiological reactivity. In the first study, individuals from lower-SES backgrounds participate in a social interaction with an individual from either a higher or lower-SES background, or …

Analysis Of Variables Related To Social Interactionsin Children With Agenesis Of The Corpus Callosum, Donna Ross Doherty

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The purpose of this study was to analyze and describe the common communication, social, and behavioral attributes of individuals with agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC), a rare congenital brain anomaly, as they relate to social interaction This study analyzed data collected from over seven hundred families and made available through The ACC Network. The researcher utilized descriptive statistics to analyze the total sample and ANOVA to determine if differences occurred due to primary callosal diagnosis or age. An additional analysis examined features of individuals with higher level communication abilities. This sample represented a broad range of ability and disability, …