Dupas, Loic (2022) Education-based Status Threat: Shedding doubt on the existence of a Meritocracy. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Abstract In our society it is commonly believed that our status in it is determined by the merit we offer to society in return. This is especially true in educational contexts, were merit in form of hard work or talent is assumed to be the determining factor of our status rather than family background or financial resources. In our present research we try to explore how members of highly educated groups engage in thinking shaped by meritocratic believes and thus feel validated in their educational status. By questioning these believes and hence threatening their status, we try to measure changes in their attitude towards the lower educated, their willingness to redistribute resources to the lower educated, as well as to what extent they identify with their own educational group. We find a significant difference in attitude towards the lower educated as well as the willingness to redistribute resources when shedding doubt on the importance of hard work and diligence as a predictor of educational status. We do not find a change in identification with their own group. When shedding on the relevance of talent for achieving a highly educated status, we fail to find any significant difference with the control group.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Noord, J.J.L. van and Spears, R. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2022 07:49 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Aug 2022 07:49 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1307 |
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