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Agerstrom, Jens; Bjorklund, Fredrik; Carlsson, Rickard – Current Research in Social Psychology, 2011
Employing new measures (Implicit Association Test) to study the classic issue of moral orientations, we predicted and found gender differences in implicit associations to the concepts of justice and care. Specifically, we found that men more strongly associate justice vs. care with importance and with themselves than women. However, participants'…
Descriptors: Association Measures, Gender Differences, Moral Values, Social Justice
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Agerstrom, Jens; Rooth, Dan-Olof – Journal of Applied Psychology, 2011
This study examined whether automatic stereotypes captured by the implicit association test (IAT) can predict real hiring discrimination against the obese. In an unobtrusive field experiment, job applications were sent to a large number of real job vacancies. The applications were matched on credentials but differed with respect to the applicant's…
Descriptors: Obesity, Personnel Selection, Employment Interviews, Job Skills