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Show RESPONDING TO DISCRIMINATORY FEEDBACK: THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER AND DOMAIN Jennifer M. Warden, Shawn E. Bassett, Sara J. Doty, Jaimee E. Kidder, William E. Elder, (Dr. Carol Sansone) Department of Psychology, University of Utah I Contemporary forms of discrimination occur when people get dif- ferent feedback for the same level or work. Via questionnaire, we compared undergraduates' descriptions of two situations from their own lives: when they received less positive feedback (suf-fered) and when they received more positive feedback (benefited) than someone else for similar work. We looked at whether indi-viduals did or said anything in response as a function of gender and situational domain. Females were more likely to respond when they benefited rather than suffered from differential feed-back, whereas males showed the reverse pattern. In situations where individuals suffered from the feedback, males (50%) were more likely than females (26%) to report responding in the school domain, but the reverse occurred in the work domain (52% of fe-male v. 25% of males). In contrast, in situations where people benefited from the feedback, females were more likely to respond than males in both the school domain (49% of females v. 43% of males) and the work domain (68% of females v. 47% of males). Overall, people were differentially likely to do or say something in response to discriminatory feedback, depending on domain, gender and whether they benefited or were hurt by the discrimi-nation. Faculty Sponsor Carol Sansone |
