The question addressed is, when do disadvantaged-group members accept their situation, take individual action, or attempt to instigate collective action? Ss attempted move from a low-status group into an advantaged, high-status and were asked respond subsequent rejec­ tion. who believed that the was open of endorsed acceptance actions. When access restricted, even point being almost closed (tokenism), still preferred action. Disruptive forms action only favored by told completely...

The Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations Freudian Legacy Research Realistic Conflict Theory Identity Equity Theory: Reconciling Affirmative Action Relative Deprivation Meeting the Challenge Resource Mobilization A Five-Stage Model Relations: Tokenism as a Potent Form Discrimination Stereotypes, Attributions, and Contact: From Desegregation to Multiculturalism Toward an Integrated Bibliography Subject Index Author

An unexpected finding that has surfaced in research on discrimination is respondents perceive a higher level of directed at their group as whole than themselves individual members group. The present study directly tested this personal/group discrepancy by focusing two groups Canadian immigrants who have been the targets much discrimination, Haitian and South Asian women. Respondents were questioned about personal four separate dimensions: race, culture, status newcomers to Canada, gender...

ABSTRACT The study was designed to investigate the process of speech accommodation between bilinguals from two ethnolinguistic groups. It hypothesized that greater amount effort in a bilingual speaker one group perceived put into his message, more favourably he would be by listeners another ethnic group, and also they turn accommodating back him. Eighty English-Canadians were divided four groups individually tested. S s heard on tape French-Canadian describe picture required sketch this...

Hindu Ss were asked to attribute the behavior of in-group (Hindu) and out-group (Muslim) members performing socially desirable or undesirable acts in terms internal external causes for behavior. Subjects made attributions acts. The converse was true by with respect same performed Muslims. results discussed importance attribution theory principles studying prejudice relationship between attitudes

Self-esteem and perceived control were examined to explain why minority group members sometimes perceive discrimination but, more often, minimize the discrimination. Women (Study 1), Asians Blacks 2) reacted negative feedback after information about probability for Minority tended attributed their failure themselves. By perceiving as a reason failure, protected performance state self-esteem. In contrast, by minimizing discrimination, they social self-esteem maintained perception of in...

Tandem pore domain K + channels represent a new family of ion involved in the control background membrane conductances. We report structural and functional properties TWIK-related acid-sensitive channel (rTASK), member this cloned from rat cerebellum. The salient features primary amino acid sequence include four putative transmembrane domains and, unlike other tandem channels, PDZ (postsynaptic density protein, disk-large, zo-1) binding at C terminal. rTASK has distant overall homology to...

Knowing oneself and experiencing as clearly defined has been linked to positive self-esteem psychological well-being; however, this association tested only at the level of personal identity. The authors propose that a clear cultural identity provides individual with prototype which engage processes necessary construct and, by extension, achieve well-being. For samples undergraduate students, Anglophone Quebecers, Francophone Québécois, Chinese North Americans, Aboriginal Canadians, clarity...

This paper outlines a five‐stage model of intergroup relations that attempts to specify the responses disadvantaged and advantaged groups inequality. It is proposed at Stage 1 stratification based solely on group membership resulting in rigid dominant–subordinate relationship between groups. At 2 believed be individual achievement. 3 certain members attempt pass into group. 4 emerges as those who are unsuccessful their engage consciousness raising. Specifically, they persuade all status...

Summary This study examined self-serving and group-serving attribution biases under conditions of individual group success failure. Previous research has found evidence for a bias in the context laboratory groups, especially success. The present used 52 male female intercollegiate athletes involved team sports who rated performance themselves teammates on series questionnaires. Group-serving were stronger than bias, this effect emerged even face

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A longitudinal study examined the impact of early heritage- and second-language education on development among Inuit, White, mixed-heritage (Inuit/ White) children. Children in an arctic community were tested English, French Inuttitut at beginning end each first 3 school years. Compared with Inuit heritage language children a second language, classes (English or French) showed poorer skills acquisition. Conversely, equal to better than Whites educated their languages. Findings support claims...

A theory of interpersonal accommodation has proposed that if a member one ethnolinguistic group adopts the language other member, this will evoke positive attitudes in and also result ethnic making an effort to accommodate back initiator. The present study was designed demonstrate using other's may not necessarily lead evaluation reciprocal accommodation. Guided by attribution theory, three conditions were created involving English Canadians who spoke French or Canadian subjects: (1)...

Abstract A multidimensional scaling procedure was used to explore the role of cultural background, language and geographical region in process Welsh identity. bilinguals Welshmen who could speak only English made similarity judgments among stimulus people represented by all possible combinations these three factors anchor MYSELF. The results showed that spoken most important dimension ethnic identity for both groups, with background playing subordinate roles. These findings were discussed...

Collective trauma, be it through colonization (e.g., Aboriginal Peoples), slavery African Americans) or war, has a dramatic impact on the psychological well-being of each and every individual member collective. Thus, interventions are often conceptualized delivered at level with view to minimizing disequilibrium individual. In contrast, we propose theory self that emphasizes primacy cultural identity for well-being. We present series studies illustrate importance clarity personal Our...

The connection between heritage language instruction and self-esteem was investigated. Participants were Inuit, White, mixed-heritage (Inuit-White) children living in a subarctic community. Testing occurred before after their 1st year or 2nd program. Children from all 3 groups who educated showed substantial increase personal self-esteem, whereas Inuit did not. Among the Inuttitut associated with positive regard for ingroup, English French preference White outgroup. present findings support...

Education and Training Award (1997) / Prix de l'education et la formation (1997)AbstractThere are groups in society that experience profound social problems including widespread academic underachievement. This discouraging profile applies to Native people, African Americans, certain Latino groups, notably Mexican Americans Puerto Ricans.I argue cultural difference theories, the form of genetics, deficit, discontinuity, incomplete misguided. A theory self is proposed focuses on collective...

Haitian and Indian women rated their identification with (self-perceptions), the extent to which they believed majority Canadians perceived them as being (metaperceptions), or Indian, immigrant, Canadian. Self-perceptions metaperceptions were compared in order understand quality of integration for two sample An attempt was made predict self-perceptions on basis pragmatic (years Canada, age at arrival, citizenship status) social psychological (motivation culture retention, discrimination)...

Tokenism is defined as an intergroup context in which very few members of a disadvantaged group are accepted into positions usually reserved for the advantaged group, while access systematically denied vast majority disqualified members. In laboratory experiment, Wright, Taylor and Moghaddam (1990) found that when upward mobility because policy tokenism they did not respond with socially disruptive forms collective action. Instead, chose more benign individual nonnormative response. The...

Abstract Two experiments using the same paradigm were conducted to examine when members of a disadvantaged group will accept their situation, take individual action, or engage in collective action. In both experiments, Canadian undergraduate subjects received feedback that they had been unsuccessful attempt gain entrance into high status group. Experiment 1 involved justice manipulation which main hypothesis was action would be associated with procedural injustice, whereas distributive...