Questions tagged [attitudes]
For questions about people's positive, negative, or ambivalent assessments of different objects or cultural constructs.
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Do the students that report "friendly" teachers perform better on standardized tests?
I'll preface this by saying that I've been considering this question in light of the "Summer of Love" initiative and subsequent blog posts, which are looking at the extent to which comments are "...
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How do responses to Likert type response scales vary across countries and cultures?
I gave an answer here on stats.stackexchange.com about how to analyse ordinal items, such as those on Likert type response scales (e.g., Strongly disagree to Strongly agree).
Someone asked whether ...
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What are the effects of the "blue eyes/brown eyes" racism exercise?
In the "blue eyes/brown eyes" exercise created by Jane Elliott in the 1960s, she divided a group of schoolchildren by eye color and characterized one of them (e.g., the blue eyed group) as an inferior ...
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Are males more likely to view homosexuals as mentally ill than females?
It's generally accepted that males tend to have a more negative attitude toward homosexuality than females:
Three studies conducted with students at six different universities revealed a consistent ...
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Whether to ask satisfaction and importance questions for each item in a survey?
Job satisfaction and opinion surveys ask respondents to provide ratings on a set of items. One response scale might be a five point rating scale measuring satisfaction (e.g., 5-point strongly ...
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Is there a correlation between online and offline vandalism?
I did some searching but I was not able to find anything substantial on this topic either for or against. I am mainly trying to figure out whether online trolling is a way of redirecting otherwise ...
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Experiment where groups of dogs were treated differently to find difference in affection
I cannot remember where I read this, possibly Eliezer Yudkowsky's HPMOR. I'm looking to read the actual experiment and its results.
The experiment supposedly got 3 groups of dogs. One they ...
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Survey Questionnaire design - What are the alternatives to Likert scale in measuring attitudes?
I work in Social Science Research (Management)
In my school, Likert Scale is extensively used to measure attitudes.(Strongly disagree to Strongly agree). So, I kind of assumed that it's an absolute ...
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Pygmalion effect and negative expectations
I've been reading about the Pygmalion effect. From what extracted, it means positive expectations positively influence performance.
Now I'm curious to know this... does the Pygmalion effect also apply ...
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How to examine person's awareness of a certain topic?
I am conducting a case study on the topic of refugees and asylum seekers. My particular interest is: How aware is my test subject of the reasons (political persecution, famine, war, ...) why these ...
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Measuring attitude towards learning another language?
Does a validated scale to asses a person's attitude towards learning a new language exist?
So far I have only found the following questionnaires:
Language Learning Attitudes Questionnaire
Readiness ...
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What is the effect of listening to music on walking?
How does music affect walking speed and attitude? What will be the effects of different pitch and tempo of music on a person's walking behavior?
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Is there a precise definition of "attitude"?
After going through some literature on values, beliefs and attitudes, I am confused. Values and beliefs are somewhat more clear, but what exactly is an attitude? What does it contain?
Is "I like X" ...
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How can positive and negative mindsets influence interpersonal relationships with others?
I want to know how positive and negative mindset can influence interpersonal relationships with others. For example: if you have a negative mindset, would people not want to relate with you?
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Terminology for when a person starts to like something they previously didn't like due to exposure from a friend
What is the term for when a person starts to like something they previously didn't like due to exposure from a friend? What is the term for such phenomenon in social psychology?
For example, I don't ...
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What's the term for people who deny others' achievements?
I know a bunch of people that are always in deep denial (at least trying to appear so) of other people achievements. It can be another country or another group or another religion.
For example, when ...
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What term is used to define long duration sexual intercourse addiction/hunger?
Sexual need between partners/couples often grows time to time. Sometimes it crosses the usual duration like it takes more than an hour to satisfy and it may grow more as they continue. But that ...
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What is the name of the cognitive bias about groups of people with the same beliefs about others?
Last year I read an interesting magazine article about some papers on a cognitive bias about group beliefs.
The papers highlight the fact that we tend to judge in a stronger way the same behavior if ...
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Does the Milgram experiment produce different results for people who believe the final voltage is deadly?
Link to Wikipedia article on the experiment.
This line in the first paragraph catches my eye:
These fake electric shocks gradually increased to levels that would have been fatal had they been real.
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Are there surveys and results on degree of support for different theories of consciousness with correlations to demographic or other characteristics?
I am looking for two things that I an unable to find.
A "survey" or "quiz" that attempts to determine the degree one's support for various theories of consciousness. I could ...
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Generosity in the World Happiness Score
One factor in the World Happiness Score is generosity. I had trouble to understand what this actually means and how it enters into the score.
These were my specific questions:
Does "generosity&...
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People do not like change, but need diversification? Is that not contradictive?
People generally resist change, yet they have a desire for diversification.Of course, both is possible. Just like the need of safety but the desire for new discoveries and adventures.
But what is the ...
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How quick is the effect on intention in the theory of planned behavior?
I am currently doing a study where I try to model the theory of planned behavior via structural equation modeling. I have longitudinal data (4 waves) with items assessing behavior so I want to include ...
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Could an ethic stating that everyone should care about himself go into justifying exploitment?
Let's assume that one man has the following belief:
1) Everyone has to take care of himself; it's not mandatory for people to be nice and good, it's mandatory to defend ourselves from others and to ...
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