Browsing by Subject "attitudes"

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    • Fairgoers' Attitudes Toward Livestock Fair Exhibits at the California State Fair 

      Anderson, Krista (Oklahoma State University, 2012-12-01)
      Public and policy maker understanding of agriculture and natural resources is a national research priority set forth by the American Association of Agricultural Education. Due to a geographic distancing from agriculture, ...

    • Mascots of Fear 

      Hornyik, Csongor Daniel (Oklahoma State University, 2010-12-01)
      Numerous Native American organizations requested the discontinuation of the use of Native images in high schools and colleges, but many educational institutions still oppose the change. So far, there is no convincing ...

    • Not My Mascot: Prejudice and Native American Mascots on Stereotype Activation and Attitudes Towards Native Americans 

      Cross, Stephanie (2018)
      There is an ongoing controversy based on the possible negative outcomes of using Native American mascots as symbols for sport teams. The present research examines the effect of using Native American (NA) sports mascots on ...

    • Trust: On Acts and Attitudes of Trust 

      Rollins, Joshua (2016-08)
      Trust comes in many forms. Trust is, at the very least, both an act and a set of attitudes. In this dissertation, I motivate the distinction between acts and attitudes of trust and offer partial accounts of each. Acts of ...

    • Volunteer Attitudes Toward Homelessness - a Test of Contact Hypothesis 

      Chancellor, Heather R. (Oklahoma State University, 2014-05-01)
      The contact hypothesis, as outlined by Gordon Allport (1946), suggests that intergroup contact with a marginalized group may lead to a better understanding of said group. As such, the focus of this study was to test the ...