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Showing 1 to 20 of 157 for “"Group identity"”.
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Structuring social relationships: Music-making and group identity
This thesis is about groups and their boundaries: how we bond with some people, but are separated from others who do not belong. It is also about social interaction - the building-blocks of this group identity. In particular, I investigate music’s role in our social landscape. Making music together …
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Effects of Minimal Group Identity on Processing of Evaluative Information
… of this study was to assess whether minimal group identity, as established through a minimal group paradigm, could influence processing of evaluative information. Minimal group identity was measured through a series of trait scales on which subjects were asked to rate own group and out group …
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The Influence of Subtle and Blatant Prejudice on Group Identity
Recent research on social distancing and intergroup relations focuses on the black sheep effect—the notion that individuals will distance themselves from deviant group members—and out-group discrimination (Johns et al., 2005), but does not examine the relationship between the black sheep effect and …
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Foreign Terrorist Organizations: The Correlation Between Group Identity and Becoming Transnational
… research will then evaluate the strategic use of group identity – specifically ethnic, religious, and ideological – by foreign terrorist organizations in order to best determine whether or not these groups, based on their respective identities, possess the ability to become transnational. …
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Gender, group identity and variation in usage of the Berlin Urban Vernacular
The relationship between gender, group identity and variation in usage of the BerlinUrban Vernacular (BUY) is explored empirically, with particular attention paid tomethodologies applied for the analysis of gender differences in sociolinguistic research.The study is based on a network of 24 native …
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Benefits of belonging: Dynamic group identity as a protective resource against psychological threat
In the face of identity threat, how do people who belong to devalued groups protect themselves from negative outcomes, like poor health and performance? This research focuses on how devalued identities can be harnessed and used to combat vulnerability to poor outcomes. Social identities are central …
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Hebrew Israelites/black Jews : a case study in the formation of group identity
Thesis. 1976. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Political Science.
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Distance of the Heart. How ethnic social group identity may challenge cohesion in Bradford
… this by considering how a sense of ethnic social group identity may constrain meaningful engagement in wider society. Framing this sense of ethnic social group identity is distance of the heart, the term coined by one of the cohort to explain ongoing emotional ties to homeland, long after …
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Do Latinos Party All the Time? The Role of Shared Ethnic Group Identity on Political Choice
… but also ethnicity or is the double in-group status redundant? I then address a more complex question, how do Latinos evaluate Latino candidates who do not share their partisan identity. The dilemma of having contradictory social group identities places a voter at an electoral fork in …
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"We Are Not What You Think": Cultural Memory, Group Identity and Resistance in Contemporary Ethnic Historical Fiction
… by centering the experience of marginalized groupsin memory discourse to revise or enhance historical understanding, both for marginalizedgroups themselves and for “outsiders.” Two novels serve as case studies in analyzing theformation and shaping of cultural memory in contemporary ethnic …
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Group Identity, Ideology, and Mass Media: Content Analysis of the 2018 Media Spectacles Family Separation and Migrant Caravan
… of the process through which meaning making and identity is reflected in and simultaneously shaped by a commercialized mass media industry. Immigration coverage in mass media especially drives ideological identity work as national identity ideology becomes a debate between two politically …
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Prophecy and Group Identity and Purpose: Connecting the Leadership Conference of the Women Religious with the Catholic Legacy of Feminist Politics
<p>While the Second Vatican Council advocates an inclusive priesthood and unified People of God, exclusion of consecrated Roman Catholic women from ministerial priesthood, official church interpretations of the scriptures, and judgments concerning faith and morals continues. This thesis examines …
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The Ideological Divide: The Influence of Ideology and Group Identity on the Relationship constructed between Elite Universities and Students from Underrepresented Backgrounds
… what distinguishes them – in terms of their group identity and ideological underpinnings – from other highly selective US universities, and secondly, how a distinct group identity – which this research found to be one characterised by exceptionalism – might influence the ways in which the …
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Majority influence in negotiation
A social identity model of majority influence in negotiations is presented, which considers the effects of various social identifications on the processes of integrative and distributive bargaining. Two-faction negotiations were examined in a laboratory experiment: negotiation configuration was …
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Revealed and Hidden Social Preferences
… social preferences by examining the impact of group identity on economic decision-making through Dictator Game and Lying Dictator Game experiments conducted in different cultural contexts. The research compares students from Chapman University (USA) and Wuhan University (China), with each …
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Latino Voters in the United States: Mobilization and Mechanisms of Engagement Through Political Parties, Campaign Contact and Non-Partisan Organizations
… community organizations and cultural groups are also significant. I explore mechanisms such as access to information, political efficacy, group identity and civic duty, examining their roles in mobilization and their impact on voter turnout. I find that contact with partisan …
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Jewish identity and positive distinctiveness: an exploratory study of the subjective importance of being Jewish using Q methodology
… ). The psychological processes by means of which group identity may be understood are examined using Tajfel's Social Identity Theory. Three different perspectives about being Jewish are identified by means of Stephenson's Q Methodology. (0 statements are based on open-ended interviews with …
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Eco-spirituality: Collective identity and spirituality in the wilderness action group
… the collective action of a social movement group creates a perception of rational and homogenous internal group identity. This façade has led some social movement theorists to take for granted the internal cohesiveness of the groups they are studying. Yet this emphasis on the rationality and …
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A Study in Scarlet: A Bioarchaeological Investigation of the Differential Use of Ochre in Burial Practices at Khok Phanom Di, Central Thailand
… whether ochre use in burial practices reflects group identity and group diversity. Cemeteries present a unified space for collective commemoration; however, the diversity of the individuals and practices within enable an understanding of social organisation, and the interplay between personal …
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