Abstract Mentally rehearsing unfamiliar first names for the purpose of categorizing them into
a ... more Abstract Mentally rehearsing unfamiliar first names for the purpose of categorizing them into a group produces both preference for and, more surprisingly, identification with the group of names (ie, association of the names with self; Greenwald, Pickrell, & Farnham, 2002). The present research started as an effort to determine how these 'implicit partisanship'effects of stimulus exposures differed from the well-known mere exposure effect and whether mental rehearsal might play a role in both phenomena. Four experiments found that parallel ...
Can being overweight, a factor that commonly leads to stigmatization, ironically buffer some peop... more Can being overweight, a factor that commonly leads to stigmatization, ironically buffer some people from race-based assumptions about who is American? In 10 studies, participants were shown portraits that were edited to make the photographed person appear either overweight (body mass index, or BMI > 25) or normal weight (BMI < 25). A meta-analysis of these studies revealed that overweight Asian individuals were perceived as significantly more American than normal-weight versions of the same people, whereas this was not true for White, Black, or Latino individuals. A second meta-analysis showed that overweight Asian men were perceived as less likely to be in the United States without documentation than their normal-weight counterparts. A final study demonstrated that weight stereotypes about presumed countries of origin shape who is considered American. Taken together, these studies demonstrate that perceptions of nationality are malleable and that perceived race and body shape interact to inform these judgments.
Esta intervenção testou se uma estratégia metacognitiva autorregulatória de persecução de metas p... more Esta intervenção testou se uma estratégia metacognitiva autorregulatória de persecução de metas pode ajudar crianças economicamente desfavorecidas a converterem imagens e pensamentos positivos sobre o seu futuro em acção efectiva. O Contraste Mental com Intenções de Implementação (MCII) implica contrastar mentalmente um futuro desejado com obstáculos relevantes da realidade e formar intenções de implementação (planos Se... Então...) que especificam onde e quando ultrapassar esses obstáculos. Setenta e sete alunos do 5º ano de uma escola urbana do 2º ciclo foram distribuídos aleatoriamente para aprenderem estratégias de MCII ou de Pensamento Positivo como grupo de controlo. Quando comparadas com as crianças na condição de controlo, as crianças às quais foi ensinado o MCII para aplicar aos seus desejos e preocupações académicas melhoraram significativamente as notas nos seus boletins escolares (ɳ2 = .07), assiduidade (ɳ2 = .05), e conduta (ɳ2 = .07). Estas descobertas sugerem que o MCII promete ser uma ajuda considerável às crianças economicamente desfavorecidas para melhorarem os seus desempenhos académicos
Meat is both the most favored and most tabooed food in the world. In the developed world, there i... more Meat is both the most favored and most tabooed food in the world. In the developed world, there is a tension between its high nutritional density, preferred taste, and high status on the one hand, and concerns about weight, degenerative diseases, the ethics of killing animals, and the environmental cost of meat production on the other hand. The present study investigated attitudes toward beef, and toward vegetarians, among college students in Argentina, Brazil, France, and the USA. Across countries, men were more pro-beef, in free associations, liking, craving, and frequency of consumption. By country, Brazil and Argentina were generally the most positive, followed by France and then the United States. Ambivalence to beef was higher in women, and highest in Brazil. Only Brazilian and American women reported frequent negative associations to beef (e.g. "disgusting", "fatty"). Overall, most students had positive attitudes to beef, and the attitude to vegetarians wa...
Abstract Mentally rehearsing unfamiliar first names for the purpose of categorizing them into
a ... more Abstract Mentally rehearsing unfamiliar first names for the purpose of categorizing them into a group produces both preference for and, more surprisingly, identification with the group of names (ie, association of the names with self; Greenwald, Pickrell, & Farnham, 2002). The present research started as an effort to determine how these 'implicit partisanship'effects of stimulus exposures differed from the well-known mere exposure effect and whether mental rehearsal might play a role in both phenomena. Four experiments found that parallel ...
Can being overweight, a factor that commonly leads to stigmatization, ironically buffer some peop... more Can being overweight, a factor that commonly leads to stigmatization, ironically buffer some people from race-based assumptions about who is American? In 10 studies, participants were shown portraits that were edited to make the photographed person appear either overweight (body mass index, or BMI > 25) or normal weight (BMI < 25). A meta-analysis of these studies revealed that overweight Asian individuals were perceived as significantly more American than normal-weight versions of the same people, whereas this was not true for White, Black, or Latino individuals. A second meta-analysis showed that overweight Asian men were perceived as less likely to be in the United States without documentation than their normal-weight counterparts. A final study demonstrated that weight stereotypes about presumed countries of origin shape who is considered American. Taken together, these studies demonstrate that perceptions of nationality are malleable and that perceived race and body shape interact to inform these judgments.
Esta intervenção testou se uma estratégia metacognitiva autorregulatória de persecução de metas p... more Esta intervenção testou se uma estratégia metacognitiva autorregulatória de persecução de metas pode ajudar crianças economicamente desfavorecidas a converterem imagens e pensamentos positivos sobre o seu futuro em acção efectiva. O Contraste Mental com Intenções de Implementação (MCII) implica contrastar mentalmente um futuro desejado com obstáculos relevantes da realidade e formar intenções de implementação (planos Se... Então...) que especificam onde e quando ultrapassar esses obstáculos. Setenta e sete alunos do 5º ano de uma escola urbana do 2º ciclo foram distribuídos aleatoriamente para aprenderem estratégias de MCII ou de Pensamento Positivo como grupo de controlo. Quando comparadas com as crianças na condição de controlo, as crianças às quais foi ensinado o MCII para aplicar aos seus desejos e preocupações académicas melhoraram significativamente as notas nos seus boletins escolares (ɳ2 = .07), assiduidade (ɳ2 = .05), e conduta (ɳ2 = .07). Estas descobertas sugerem que o MCII promete ser uma ajuda considerável às crianças economicamente desfavorecidas para melhorarem os seus desempenhos académicos
Meat is both the most favored and most tabooed food in the world. In the developed world, there i... more Meat is both the most favored and most tabooed food in the world. In the developed world, there is a tension between its high nutritional density, preferred taste, and high status on the one hand, and concerns about weight, degenerative diseases, the ethics of killing animals, and the environmental cost of meat production on the other hand. The present study investigated attitudes toward beef, and toward vegetarians, among college students in Argentina, Brazil, France, and the USA. Across countries, men were more pro-beef, in free associations, liking, craving, and frequency of consumption. By country, Brazil and Argentina were generally the most positive, followed by France and then the United States. Ambivalence to beef was higher in women, and highest in Brazil. Only Brazilian and American women reported frequent negative associations to beef (e.g. "disgusting", "fatty"). Overall, most students had positive attitudes to beef, and the attitude to vegetarians wa...
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a group produces both preference for and, more surprisingly, identification with the group of
names (ie, association of the names with self; Greenwald, Pickrell, & Farnham, 2002). The
present research started as an effort to determine how these 'implicit partisanship'effects of
stimulus exposures differed from the well-known mere exposure effect and whether mental
rehearsal might play a role in both phenomena. Four experiments found that parallel ...
a group produces both preference for and, more surprisingly, identification with the group of
names (ie, association of the names with self; Greenwald, Pickrell, & Farnham, 2002). The
present research started as an effort to determine how these 'implicit partisanship'effects of
stimulus exposures differed from the well-known mere exposure effect and whether mental
rehearsal might play a role in both phenomena. Four experiments found that parallel ...