Date of Award
2021
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
Abstract
The present research examines whether Communication Source Gender influences a message recipients' level of Open-Minded Cognition, and whether Ambivalent Sexism moderates this effect. Participants were asked to think of themselves as part of a military panel which considers proposals to military spending. Then after reading a proposal from either Cassandra Smith or David Smith, participants were asked to indicate whether they would be open to hearing more from the author. Participants were then instructed to complete the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (Glick & Fiske, 1996). In total there were 395 participants in this study. Results show that there was no main effect of Source Gender on Ambivalent Sexism, Ambivalent Sexism was negatively related to Open-Mindedness. Although not achieving significance, there was a borderline interaction between Ambivalent Sexism and Source Gender that matched the predicted pattern.
Recommended Citation
Galman, Tanyelle Annette, "Does Manipulating Source Gender Predict a Person's Open-Mindedness as a Function of Sexism?" (2021). Master's Theses. 4388.
https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses/4388
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