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

9701661里奇韦现有的关于群体过程的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参与者的权力和声望。然而，关于个体任务中状态过程的作用的理论化和研究很少。这项研究建议测试身份特征(例如性别)如何影响测试中的表现。具体地说，这篇博士论文研究改进建议调查了同性和异性研究对象的存在是否/如何影响本科生在研究生成绩考试中的十个问题上的表现。将记录20名受试者在六种情况下的表现。这些情况包括：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位受访者，并能够从声音中推断出另一位受访者是：3)同性；4)异性；男性受访者听到但没有看到另一位受访者，并能够从声音中推断出另一位受访者是：5)同性；6)异性。分析包括比较六种情况下受访者的平均成绩分数、正确比例和在每个项目上花费的时间。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，并为特定社会群体在评价环境中对社会表现线索的不同反应提供洞察。*？？

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. **** ??