Putting the "affirm" into affirmative action
Preferential selection and academic performance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6202394 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ryan P Brown (0000-0003-2401-6077, The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author), Tonyamas Charnsangavej, Kelli A Keough, Matthew L Newman, Peter J Rentfrow (0000-0002-9068-2118) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 736-747 |
| Publication date | 2000-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.79.5.736 |
| PMID | 11079238 |
| OpenAlex | W2050555272, W4248089333 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 8 |
Two studies explored the relation between academic performance and preferential selection. In Study 1, female participants were led to believe that they had been selected to be leaders in a team problem-solving task because of their gender, because of their gender and ability, or at random. Results showed that women who believed they had been selected because of their gender performed significantly worse on a subsequent problem-solving test than women who believed they had been selected at random and women who believed they were selected because of both their gender and their ability. In Study 2, students' suspicion of having benefited from race-based preferences in college admissions was negatively related to their grade point average (GPA). Furthermore, this suspicion partially mediated the GPA gap between academically stigmatized (Black and Latino) and nonstigmatized (Caucasian and Asian) students.
Academic achievement · Action (physics) · Affirmative action · Developmental psychology · Point (geometry · Political science · Race (biology · Selection (genetic algorithm · Task (project management · Test (biology · Cultural Differences and Values · Education Systems and Policy · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
The impact of gender and ethnic stereotypes on women’s leadership evaluations
Stereotype Threat in Organizations
Stereotype threat
The opportunities and challenges of diversity
Affirmative action
Selected or rejected
Understanding Gender Equality Policy and Practice Gaps Through the Lens of Organisational Justice
Out of Role? Out of Luck
Can students with special educational needs overcome the “success” expectations
Data science for empowerment
Creating, Closing, and Reversing the Gender Gap in Test Performance
Blessed Is He Who Has Not Made Me a Woman”
Getting There is Only Half the Battle
Stigma Consciousness and the Race Gap in College Academic Achievement
How diversity and disadvantage frames shape employee reactions to affirmative action
Compensatory Self-Presentation in Upward Comparison Situations
When saying and doing diverge
How believing in affirmative action quotas affects White women’s self-image
| Citations per year | 1.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |