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Deceiving Others After Being Deceived: Lying As A Function Of Descriptive Norms, William F. Johnson
Deceiving Others After Being Deceived: Lying As A Function Of Descriptive Norms, William F. Johnson
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Previous research has found that being lied to makes a person more likely to respond with deception in a reciprocal manner. I hypothesize that lying instead creates a descriptive norm. Thus, a person being lied to will lie not only to the person who lied to them, but in new conversations with new people. Within a mock job interview, participants were lied to by one confederate, and then given the chance to lie to a second confederate. Being lied to did not produce significantly more lies, favoring existing theory that lying is reciprocal and not transitive.
The Effects Of Objectifying Hip-Hop Lyrics On Female Listeners, Ellen S. Nikodym
The Effects Of Objectifying Hip-Hop Lyrics On Female Listeners, Ellen S. Nikodym
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Research has demonstrated support for objectification theory and has established that music affects listeners’ thoughts and behaviors, however, no research to date joins these two fields. The present study considers potential effects of objectifying hip hop songs on female listeners. Among African American participants, exposure to an objectifying song resulted in increased self-objectification. However, among White participants, exposure to an objectifying song produced no measurable difference in self-objectification. This finding along with interview data suggests that white women distance themselves from objectifying hip hop songs, preventing negative effects of such music.