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Stephanie C. Stern – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This research investigated the impact popular novels have on knowledge about and attitudes towards Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), compared to that of traditional college textbooks. Study 1 found that participants in the novel condition chose fewer correct and fewer incorrect responses to questions about ASD. Participants did not differ in their…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Novels
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Li, Xiaomiao; Lindsay, Brittany L.; Szeto, Andrew C. H.; Dobson, Keith S. – Metacognition and Learning, 2023
The Dunning-Kruger (DK) effect is a form of meta-ignorance of knowledge (Kruger & Dunning, "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology," 77(6), 121-1134, 1999) that has not been explored regarding mental illness public stigma. The current study examined the DK effect in this field by comparing participants' actual stigma (measured…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Social Bias, Undergraduate Students, Feedback (Response)
Zhu, Fan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The use of specific speech acts have been found to vary with culture, thus to perform a speech act successfully in a second language requires not only linguistic competence but also pragmatic competence of the L2 community. Though previous studies have shown dissimilarities in invitational conversations and general refusal strategies (c.f.…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Pragmatics, Chinese, Native Speakers