Dissertation Research: The Impact of Cultural Status Beliefs on Individual Task Performance in Evaluative Settings: A New Direction in Expection States Research

9701661里奇韦 现有的群体过程理论清楚地描述了文化地位信念如何决定执行集体任务的行动者的权力和声望。 然而，很少有理论和研究的作用，状态过程中的个人任务。 本研究旨在测试状态特征（例如，性别）影响测试的表现。 具体来说，这个博士论文研究改进建议调查是否/如何相同和异性研究对象的存在影响本科生的表现从研究生入学考试的十个问题。 将记录20名受试者在6种条件下的表现。 这些条件包括：1）男性受访者认为自己是孤独的; 2）女性受访者认为自己是孤独的;女性受访者听到但看不到另一个受访者，并能够从声音推断出另一个受访者是：3）同性; 4）异性;男性受访者听到但看不到另一个受访者，并能够从声音推断出另一个是：5）同性; 6）异性。 分析包括比较组合的受访者在六个条件下的平均成绩，正确的比例，和花费在每个项目上的时间。 本研究旨在帮助我们理解文化地位维度和目标导向行为之间的关系，并深入了解为什么特定的社会群体在评估环境中对社会绩效线索的反应不同。 **** ??

9701661 Ridgeway Existing theory on group processes provides a clear description of how cultural status beliefs determine the power and prestige of actors performing collective task. Yet there has been very little theorizing and research on the role of status processes during individual tasks. This research proposes to test how status characteristics (e.g., gender) affects performance on a test. Specifically, this Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement proposal investigates whether/how the presence of same and opposite gender research subjects affects undergraduates' performance on ten questions taken from the Graduate Record Examination. Performance will be recorded for twenty subjects under each of six conditions. The conditions include: 1) male respondent believes himself to be alone; 2) female respondents believes herself to be alone; females respondent hears but does not see another respondent and is able to infer from voice that the other respondent is: 3) same sex; 4) other-sex; male respondent hears but does not see another respondent and is able to infer from voice that the other is: 5) same sex; 6) other-sex. Analysis consists of comparisons among combination of respondents in the six conditions on mean performance scores, proportion correct, and time spent on each item. This research proposes to contribute to our understanding of the relation between cultural status dimensions and goal-directed behavior, and offer insight into why particular social groups are differentially responsive to social performance cues in evaluative settings. **** ??