Differences in Assumptions about a Just World: Ethnicity and Point of View.

Calhoun, Lawrence G.; Cann, Arnie

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ERIC Number: EJ512731

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Publication Date: 1994

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Differences in Assumptions about a Just World: Ethnicity and Point of View.

Calhoun, Lawrence G.; Cann, Arnie

Journal of Social Psychology, v134 n6 p765-70 Dec 1994

Reports on a study of differences in assumptions about a just world among 140 college students. Finds that nonminority students saw their personal worlds as less random, more just, and more benevolent than they saw the general world. Finds that minority students saw both the personal and the general world as less benevolent and less lucky. (CFR)

Descriptors: Blacks, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Justice, Minority Groups, Negative Attitudes, Racial Attitudes, Racial Differences, Self Concept, Social Attitudes, World Views

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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