Jane P. Sheldon

TL;DR: The present research broadens the view of lay theories by showing how they support either prejudice or tolerance, depending on the target group, as well as reviewing the literature on essentialism and implicit theories of the malleability of traits.

TL;DR: During in-depth one-on-one telephone interviews with adults in the United States, questions exploring their basic understanding of these terms, as well as their belief as to the location of genes in the human body, reflected a lack of understanding about basic genetic science.

TL;DR: High-restraint women ate more high-fat food than did low-Restraint women, regardless of stress level, and social influence effects of small-group testing may have increased the ego-threat of the stressor or disinhibited high-rest restraint women in both stress groups.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated clergy's attitudes toward rape victims by using the Attitudes toward Rape Victims Scale and three rape scenarios (marital, date, and acquaintance) and found that most clergy blame the victim and adhere to rape myths; therefore, they need to be more educated about sexual assault.

TL;DR: In-depth, open-ended telephone interviews with 42 White and 44 Black Americans to gain insight into the public's beliefs about the possible genetic origins of homosexuality found beliefs in a genetic basis for homosexuality could be used to support very diverse opinions including those in accordance with negative eugenic agendas.