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Consequences of Perceived Group Variability: Hostile Outgroup Behaviors: Author: Kirmis, Nathan Halvor; Date: 2004-08-15; Program: Applied Psychology; Abstract: The present study investigated the link between perceptions of group variability and intergroup hostility. Three-hundred and twenty undergraduates delivered noise blasts to members of their ingroup and a competing outgroup after receiving bogus feedback about the variability of personality scores for each group. It was hypothesized that under conditions of outgroup homogeneity, participants would demonstrate the greatest levels of outgroup hostility. While the average levels of outgroup hostility were greatest under conditions of outgroup homogeneity, there were no significant differences in o...; Download File | View full details

Ethical Decision Making about Sexual Harassment Complaints that Stem from Dissolved Workplace Romances: A Policy-Capturing Approach: Author: Jessen, Paul Lee; Date: 2005-05-15; Program: Applied Psychology; Abstract: An experiment was conducted to examine the degree to which Jones' (1991) ethical decision-making model is an appropriate theoretical perspective from which to interpret raters' varying responses to a sexual harassment claim that stems from a dissolved workplace romance. The policy capturing methodology was used with 40 study participants to assess the significance of features of a dissolved workplace romance and sexual harassment situation in predicting participants' responses to a sexual harassment claim. Results revealed that Jones' (1991) ethical decision-making model is appropriate for...; Download File | View full details