Who would you want in your life?: Discrimination against morning and evening people
type: CreativeWork
description: "Previous research has demonstrated that people have stereotypes of morning people and evening people. People tend to view morning individuals more favorably than evening individuals. The present study sought to observe whether people also discriminate against morning and evening people. One hundred fifty-six undergraduate students from Eastern Washington University were- asked to rate how likely they would be to choose to do certain activities with a morning person or an evening person. Participants were also given a self-report measure of their own circadian preference. Participants chose to do activities with morning people that aligned with the previous stereotypes of morning people. Participants also chose to do activities with evening people that aiigned with the previous stereotypes of evening people. Participants demonstrated an overall preference for people in their own circadian preference group as well. Overall this study supported the past literature on stereotypes of both morning and evening people as well as the tendency toward self-bias"--Document.
abstract: "Previous research has demonstrated that people have stereotypes of morning people and evening people. People tend to view morning individuals more favorably than evening individuals. The present study sought to observe whether people also discriminate against morning and evening people. One hundred fifty-six undergraduate students from Eastern Washington University were- asked to rate how likely they would be to choose to do certain activities with a morning person or an evening person. Participants were also given a self-report measure of their own circadian preference. Participants chose to do activities with morning people that aligned with the previous stereotypes of morning people. Participants also chose to do activities with evening people that aiigned with the previous stereotypes of evening people. Participants demonstrated an overall preference for people in their own circadian preference group as well. Overall this study supported the past literature on stereotypes of both morning and evening people as well as the tendency toward self-bias"--Document.
author: Yotz, Jamie
keywords: College students--Washington (State)--Cheney--Psychology, College students--Washington (State)--Cheney--Attitudes, Stereotypes (Social psychology), Circadian rhythms, Psychology
date published: 2013-01-01T08:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:12:26Z
provider: Eastern Washington University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Eastern Washington University