The Multiple Realities of Sameness and Difference: Ideology and PracticeJournal of Social Issues - Tập 53 Số 2 - Trang 259-277 - 1997
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein
Gender distinctions as dichotomous categories are perpetuated and maintained by social mechanisms and are socially constructed. Part of this social construction is reproduced by many social scientists who adopt mainstream cultural categories of gender and, through theoretical or methodological biases, fail to question them, or who, by their own practices, reinforce them. This analysis is a...... hiện toàn bộ
The Justice of Need and the Activation of Humanitarian NormsJournal of Social Issues - Tập 31 Số 3 - Trang 111-136 - 1975
Shalom H. Schwartz
The distinctiveness of the justice of need and of humanitarian norms is examined and it is suggested that people do indeed sacrifice their own resources for the benefit of others without hope of external reward, motivated by internalized personal norms. A theoretical process leading from awareness of need through norm activation to overt behavior based on the justice of need is outlined, s...... hiện toàn bộ
Sexual Pollution: Reproductive Sex Taboos in American SocietyJournal of Social Issues - Tập 33 Số 2 - Trang 144-165 - 1977
Karen Ericksen Paige
A theory is presented to explain the similarity between America and other societies in reproductive sex taboos. The theory argues that these taboos are based on a concept of sexual pollution and represent implicit mechanisms used to solve inevitable social dilemmas produced by marriage. Data were collected from a representative sample of adults to test the theory. The results showed that m...... hiện toàn bộ
Simulating Human Behavior for Understanding and Managing Environmental Resource UseJournal of Social Issues - Tập 63 Số 1 - Trang 97-116 - 2007
Wander Jager, Hans Mosler
Computer simulation allows for the experimental study of dynamic interactions between human behavior and complex environmental systems. Behavioral determinants and processes as identified in social‐scientific theory may be formalized in simulated agents to obtain a better understanding of man–environment interactions and of policy measures aimed at managing these interactions...... hiện toàn bộ
Prescriptive Gender Stereotypes and Backlash Toward Agentic WomenJournal of Social Issues - Tập 57 Số 4 - Trang 743-762 - 2001
Laurie A. Rudman, Peter Glick
In an experiment, job description and applicants' attributes were examined as moderators of the backlash effect, the negative evaluation of agentic women for violating prescriptions of feminine niceness (Rudman, 1998). Rutgers University students made hiring decisions for a masculine or “feminized” managerial job. Applicants were presented as either agentic or androgynous. Replicating Rudm...... hiện toàn bộ
Securing self‐integrity over time: Self‐affirmation disrupts a negative cycle between psychological threat and academic performanceJournal of Social Issues - Tập 77 Số 3 - Trang 801-823 - 2021
Kevin R. Binning, Jonathan E. Cook, Valerie Purdie‐Greenaway, Julio Garcia, Nancy Apfel, David K. Sherman, Geoffrey L. Cohen
AbstractAdolescence can be a tumultuous period with numerous threats to self‐integrity. A 3‐year field experiment tested whether repeated affirmations of self‐integrity can help lessen the impact of psychological threat on adolescent (11–14 years old) students’ core course GPA over time. A diverse cohort of students (N = 163) was randomly...... hiện toàn bộ
International Tourism, Ethnic Contact, and Attitude ChangeJournal of Social Issues - Tập 41 Số 3 - Trang 105-115 - 1985
Yehuda Amir, Rachel Ben‐Ari
This study evaluates a cognitive intervention aimed at improving relations between ethnic groups in general, and between Israelis and Egyptians in particular. The intervention comprised a specially designed booklet about Egypt for Israeli tourists, given to them before their visit to that country. The intervention group included 352 Israeli tourists; 131 other Israeli tourists were not exp...... hiện toàn bộ