April Bleske‐rechek
Biographic Data
| ID | 4890777 |
|---|---|
| NAME | April Bleske‐rechek |
| GIVEN NAMES | April |
| FAMILY NAME | Bleske‐rechek |
| SIGNATURE | RECHEK A B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3578-2105 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Meritorious disparities
American universities have long treated racial underrepresentation in academic programs as a problem to be solved at the point of admission. Race-conscious selection, whether explicit or concealed, rests on the assumption that disparities in outcomes reflect systemic exclusion and can be corrected by relaxing formal thresholds based on merit. With medicine as the focus, this essay challenges that assumption by shifting attention to earlier in the…
Cue-based estimates of reproductive value explain women's body attractiveness
Causal Inference from Descriptions of Experimental and Non-Experimental Research
The human tendency to conflate correlation with causation has been lamented by various scientists (Kida, 2006; Stanovich, 2009), and vivid examples of it can be found in both the media and peer-reviewed literature. However, there is little systematic data on the extent to which individuals conflate correlation with causation. In three experiments, we presented people with one of four research vignettes generated from the combination of two indepe…
Face and Body
Benefit or burden? Attraction in cross-sex friendship
We propose that, because cross-sex friendships are a historically recent phenomenon, men's and women's evolved mating strategies impinge on their friendship experiences. In our first study involving pairs of friends, emerging adult males reported more attraction to their friend than emerging adult females did, regardless of their own or their friend's current relationship status. In our second study, both emerging and middle-aged adult males and …
Attractiveness and Rivalry in Women's Friendships with Women
Discrepant performance on multiple‐choice and short answer assessments and the relation of performance to general scholastic aptitude
We conducted correlational and performance discrepancy analyses on exam and achievement data taken from students in three psychology courses. Across courses, the same findings emerged. First, only a small fraction of students consistently performed more strongly on one type of assessment (e.g., multiple‐choice) than on another (e.g., short answer). Second, students’ multiple‐choice performance, above and beyond their short answer performance, acc…
Neglected aspects and unsupported claims
Comments on the article by M. E. Kite et al (see record 2001-10045-002), which summarized the findings and recommendations of the Task Force on the Status of Women in Academe.The present authors contend that while Kite et al documented the differences in the activities of men and women in academia, it is not clear that "inequalities persist."Kite et al interpreted the observed differences in outcomes between men and women as self-evident indicato…
Benefit or burden? Attraction in cross-sex friendship
We propose that, because cross-sex friendships are a historically recent phenomenon, men's and women's evolved mating strategies impinge on their friendship experiences. In our first study involving pairs of friends, emerging adult males reported more attraction to their friend than emerging adult females did, regardless of their own or their friend's current relationship status. In our second study, both emerging and middle-aged adult males and …
Attractiveness and Rivalry in Women's Friendships with Women
Face and Body
Causal Inference from Descriptions of Experimental and Non-Experimental Research
The human tendency to conflate correlation with causation has been lamented by various scientists (Kida, 2006; Stanovich, 2009), and vivid examples of it can be found in both the media and peer-reviewed literature. However, there is little systematic data on the extent to which individuals conflate correlation with causation. In three experiments, we presented people with one of four research vignettes generated from the combination of two indepe…
Neglected aspects and unsupported claims
Comments on the article by M. E. Kite et al (see record 2001-10045-002), which summarized the findings and recommendations of the Task Force on the Status of Women in Academe.The present authors contend that while Kite et al documented the differences in the activities of men and women in academia, it is not clear that "inequalities persist."Kite et al interpreted the observed differences in outcomes between men and women as self-evident indicato…
Discrepant performance on multiple‐choice and short answer assessments and the relation of performance to general scholastic aptitude
We conducted correlational and performance discrepancy analyses on exam and achievement data taken from students in three psychology courses. Across courses, the same findings emerged. First, only a small fraction of students consistently performed more strongly on one type of assessment (e.g., multiple‐choice) than on another (e.g., short answer). Second, students’ multiple‐choice performance, above and beyond their short answer performance, acc…
Attractiveness and Rivalry in Women's Friendships with Women
Benefit or burden? Attraction in cross-sex friendship
We propose that, because cross-sex friendships are a historically recent phenomenon, men's and women's evolved mating strategies impinge on their friendship experiences. In our first study involving pairs of friends, emerging adult males reported more attraction to their friend than emerging adult females did, regardless of their own or their friend's current relationship status. In our second study, both emerging and middle-aged adult males and …
Causal Inference from Descriptions of Experimental and Non-Experimental Research
The human tendency to conflate correlation with causation has been lamented by various scientists (Kida, 2006; Stanovich, 2009), and vivid examples of it can be found in both the media and peer-reviewed literature. However, there is little systematic data on the extent to which individuals conflate correlation with causation. In three experiments, we presented people with one of four research vignettes generated from the combination of two indepe…
Face and Body
Cue-based estimates of reproductive value explain women's body attractiveness
Meritorious disparities
American universities have long treated racial underrepresentation in academic programs as a problem to be solved at the point of admission. Race-conscious selection, whether explicit or concealed, rests on the assumption that disparities in outcomes reflect systemic exclusion and can be corrected by relaxing formal thresholds based on merit. With medicine as the focus, this essay challenges that assumption by shifting attention to earlier in the…
Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Attractiveness (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Physical attractiveness (3 works) · Attraction (2 works)