SBP: CAREER: Multiple Identities & Intergroup Interactions: A Dual Pathway Model

该奖项全部或部分由2021年美国救援计划法案（公法117-2）资助。人们根据社会类别定义自己，从而看到与他人的相似之处和差异。这些社会身份可能涉及成为特定群体的一部分（例如，女性）和具有特定的社会角色（例如，母亲）。同时思考一个人的多重身份（例如，女性、母亲、科学家）已被证明可以提高创造力和灵活的思维。目前的项目审查：1）当每个人在与他人互动时考虑自己的多重身份时可能产生的人际利益，以及2）促进这些人际利益的心态和条件。随着美国人口变得越来越多样化，多种族和多民族，理解并最大限度地利用多重身份来感知自己的好处变得越来越重要。该项目包括一系列研究，以审查产生互动效益的途径。一个主要的途径包括拥有导致考虑一个人的多重身份而不仅仅是单一身份的经验。另一种途径是与身份与自己不同的人增加接触，这应该鼓励多重身份心态。这些研究考察了来自不同群体、不同年龄、不同背景的人，并利用实验、调查和纵向方法。这些预测涉及多重身份是否可以：在整个生命周期中同时共存，被调用或改变，在不同的环境中变化，即使某些身份引起负面信仰或刻板印象，也会产生好处。该项目还为下一代学者，包括代表性不足的学生提供各种培训机会。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).People define themselves in terms of social categories that lead to seeing similarities and differences with others. These social identities can involve being part of specific groups (for example, female) and having specific social roles (for example, mother). Thinking about one's multiple identities simultaneously (for example, female, mother, scientist) has been shown to lead to increased creativity and flexible thinking. The current project examines: 1) the interpersonal benefits that may occur when individuals each consider their own multiple identities as they interact with others, and 2) the mindset and conditions that promote these interpersonal benefits. As the U.S. population becomes increasingly diverse, multiracial, and multi-ethnic, it becomes increasingly important to understand and maximize the benefits of perceiving oneself in terms of having multiple identities. The project consists of a series of studies to examine pathways that produce interaction benefits. A primary pathway involves having experiences that lead to considering one's multiple identities rather than only a single identity. Another pathway involves having increased contact with others whose identities differ from one's own, which should encourage a multiple identity mindset. These studies examine people from different groups, different ages, in different contexts, and they utilize experimental, survey, and longitudinal methods. The predictions concern whether multiple identities can: coexist simultaneously across the lifespan, be invoked or changed, vary across contexts, and also yield benefits even when some of the identities evoke negative beliefs or stereotypes. This project also provides a variety of training opportunities for the next generation of scholars, including underrepresented students. Outcomes additionally include developing programming for local science museums and implementing university-level assessments that can inform campus diversity efforts.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.