| Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
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| Domain interdependence beliefs as a mechanism for dimensional comparison: an experimental analysis |
2018 |
450 |
Dimensional comparison occurs when people compare their status in one domain (e.g., math) to their status in another domain (e.g., verbal). This comparison may result in a contrast effect in which self-concepts in the superior domain become inflated ... |
| Experiences and forecasts of the big-fish-little-pond effect |
2024 |
120 |
Research on the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE) indicates that students evaluate themselves more favorably when they have high rank in low rank schools than low rank in high rank schools. In this integrated dissertation, I provide three empirical... |
| Reminders of past injustices against African Americans and support for affirmative action |
2023 |
178 |
Reminding dominant group members of past injustices committed by their group against a subordinate group may cause defensiveness. Prior research found that men who were reminded of historical injustices against women evidenced greater denial of prese... |
| Race-ethnicity and the big-fish-little-pond effect |
2021 |
151 |
Research on the big-fish-little-pond effect has found that students with high rank in a low rank school have more favor able academic self-concepts than students with low rank in a high rank school. The big-fish-little pond effect has been primarily ... |