Cohrs- Contemporary Study Flashcards

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What is the aims of Cohrs?

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To look for correlations between RWA, SDO, OCEAN and prejudice. To see how peer and self-report scores match about prejudice

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The sample in study 1 is

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193 Germans via opportunity sampling

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The sample in study 2 is

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424 German’s via opportunity sample

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What personality variables were measured?

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RWA, SDO and Big 5 factors (agreeableness, openness etc)

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Who did they measure prejudice towards?

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Prejudice for homosexuality, those with a disability and foreigners

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What method was used to gather data?

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Self-reports/questionnaires

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What did they find about self vs peer reports

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They were simiilar on most traits

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What two traits did peer and self reports vary in during study 1

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Agreeableness and RWA

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How did study 2 differ to study 1

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It used twins and peers, questions were changed to 5 point scales and some refined e.g. ‘turks’ rather than foreigners

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What was the correlation with Agreeableness and SDO/Prejudice?

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A negative correlation

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What was the correlation with RWA and prejudice?

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A positive correlation

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What was the correlation with SDO and prejudice?

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A positive correlation

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What is the correlation between Conscientiousness and SDO/RWA?

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A positive correlation

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What was the correlation betweem Openness and prejudice?

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A negative correlation

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What is good about the personality questionnaires being standardised?

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It means the study results about the questionnaire is more generalisable

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Why is this a good sample?

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Relatively large sample (193 and 424)

17
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Why is this questionnaire study ethical?

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There was confidentiality of answers on the questionnaire

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What is a problem with closed questions?

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People are unable to expand and explain themselves

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What is a problem with the correlational nature of this research?

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You don’t get cause and effect between the personality variables and prejudice

20
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What is a problem with using a questionnaire to measure prejudice and obedience?

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Socia desirability, people lie to look good

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What is an issue with the sample of this study?

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Ethnocentric as all from Germany so their results don’t tell us about the relationship of prejudice and personality in other culltures, Opportunity sample so they share characteristics as they all know the researcher

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What did the peers do?

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Completed the questionnaires about the person in the study and handed them back in a sealed envelope

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What is a problem with using ranked scale questions?

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The interpretation of the numbers/scores about prejudice are subjective