17 Ekim 2016 Pazartesi

Why WE SHOULD CONTROL for theoretically relevant variables

Given that our preliminary results showed that hostile sexism
was positively correlated with benevolent sexism and that both
gender and hostile sexism influenced our outcome variables (i.e.,
support for the EE policy), we controlled for hostile sexism and
gender in our analyses below. We note that controlling for either
hostile sexism or gender did not affect the significance of our
results, but we nevertheless control for them in our analyses here
(and in all subsequent studies) in line with best practices suggesting
that inclusion of control variables is warranted (and needed) if
control variables are theoretically relevant to the phenomenon
studied and are statistically related to dependent variables (e.g.,
Becker, 2005; Becker et al., 2016; Spector & Brannick, 2011).

Hiedek & Ferris (2016)

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My number one priority in the classroom is for students to apply the psychological principles we discuss to their own lives. Students are quite receptive to real-world application and often find it easy to retain information well with their own unique experience tied to a concept. It's much easier to recall a personal life experience when taking an exam than to call to mind a lengthy definition.

Students are challenged by my application-based exam questions, but I can be confident that they are storing the information in their long-term memory banks. Drawing from research on effective learning techniques, I value the ability of my students to differentiate between related concepts in applied situations rather than memorizing numerous definitions.

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16 Ekim 2016 Pazar

New Mediation Analysis

Although, as described above, there were no direct effects of the
benevolent sexism condition (compared to the control condition)
on attitudes, more recent treatments of mediation suggest this link
might not be necessary and that an indirect effect may nonetheless
exist (e.g., MacKinnon & Fairchild, 2009; Shrout & Bolger, 2002).
In line with this recent literature on mediation, we tested for an
indirect effect and it was significant (indirect effect .14, 95% CI
[.02, .28]). Thus, there was an indirect effect of the benevolent
sexism condition (compared to the control condition) on attitudes
via compassion. Taken together, these results provide evidence
that activating benevolent sexist stereotypes leads to higher experience
of compassion, which in turn leads to more support for a
gender-based EE policy.

Hideg, I., & Ferris, D. L. (2016). The Compassionate Sexist? How Benevolent Sexism Promotes and Undermines Gender Equality in the Workplace.