Gehringhoff, Thies (2022) Educationism and its Influences. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The present study examined the possible mechanisms by which education-based in-group bias (i.e., educationism) is developed. Especially, the roles of a diverse social network, different cultural preferences and meritocratic beliefs were scrutinized. In total, 229 participants were recruited through purposive sampling. Ninety-six participants were recruited through a SONA pool consisting of first-year psychology students and 133 participants through "snowball" sampling by the researchers. The participants filled in a questionnaire measuring education bias based on the composition of four profiles with varied education levels and cultural preferences. We measured diversity of social network and meritocratic beliefs as well. In line with previous research, those with a higher level of education demonstrated education bias. In addition, the analysis showed that high-brow cultural preferences are generally more liked than low-brow cultural preferences. However, cultural preferences failed to serve as an explanation for educationism. The same goes for meritocratic beliefs. Most importantly, the results indicated that a more diverse social network reduces educationism. This finding is consistent with social psychological literature and shows that educationism has similar dynamics to more classical forms of discrimination.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Kuppens, T. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Mar 2022 15:20 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2022 15:20 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/334 |
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