Search for dissertations about: "stereotyping"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the word stereotyping.
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1. Communicating, Negotiating and Stereotyping : The roles of context, situation and gender in small group decision-making
Abstract : Making decisions together in groups takes an important role in society. Everywhere and in many different contexts people meet to make more or less formal decisions. As stereotypes constitute simplified group based perceptions of other people, decision-making groups risk making biased judgments and commit discriminating decisions. READ MORE
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2. “That will be your home” : Resettlement preparations for children and youth from the Horn of Africa
Abstract : This thesis analyzes how children and youth being resettled from Kenya and Sudan were prepared for their upcoming resettlement to Sweden, through cultural orientation programs (COPs). COPs are held for refugees who have been granted permanent Swedish residence and are undergoing resettlement to Sweden. READ MORE
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3. Why Women Ask for Less Salary than Men : Mediation of Stereotype Threat in Salary Negotiations
Abstract : Women ask for less salary than men in negotiations. Sex differences in negotiating performance have recently been explained as stereotype threat effects. Stereotype threat theory states that the performance of negatively stereotyped group-members can suffer in contexts where the negative stereotype is salient. READ MORE
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4. Obesity and stigma : studies on children, adults and health care professionals
Abstract : Obesity may not only pose a threat to an individual's physical health but may also have socioeconomic and psychosocial consequences. Stigma is assumed to be a common experience among individuals with obesity and is also suggested to be one of the major contributors to health disparities. READ MORE
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5. Stereotypes: Suppression, Forgetting, and False Memory
Abstract : This thesis presents four studies investigating (1) whether incidentally primed control-related words can attenuate the impact of activated stereotypes on subsequent evaluation of a target person, (2) the impact of motivated forgetting on the recall of stereotypically congruent and incongruent information, and (3) the impact of a directed forgetting instruction on the false recall and recognition of nonpresented stereotypical information.In three experiments, Study I showed that participants initially primed with the social category, immigrant, and subsequently primed with words that were evocative of control or self-control made less negative impression of a target displaying ambiguous behaviors than participants not exposed to such words. READ MORE