The Impact of Stress Ball Density on the Categorization of Sexual Orientation, Race and the Level of Certainty in College Students
Presentation Type
Event
Full Name of Faculty Mentor
Terry Pettijohn
Major
Psychology
Minor
Sociology
Presentation Abstract
Participants (N=67) were asked to squeeze a hard (N=34) or soft (N=33) stress ball in their non-dominant while completing an online demographic and categorization survey. It was found that Caucasian participants in the soft stress ball condition were more likely to label the androgynous face as gay than the Caucasian participants in the hard stress ball condition. It was also found that there was an own-race preference for the biracial female face. Both African American and Caucasian participants were more likely to label the biracial male face as Black, but African American participants felt more certain in this decision than Caucasian participants. Participant sex was also found to influence categorization. Male participants were more likely to label the androgynous face as straight and the biracial male as White, and females were more likely to label the androgynous face as gay and the biracial male as Black. Implications will be discussed.
Course
PSYC 497
External Presentation
1
Location
Brittain Hall, Room 101
Start Date
16-4-2019 5:40 PM
End Date
16-4-2019 6:00 PM
Disciplines
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Riley-Lomedico, Victoria, "The Impact of Stress Ball Density on the Categorization of Sexual Orientation, Race and the Level of Certainty in College Students" (2019). Undergraduate Research Competition. 51.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/ugrc/2019/oral/51
The Impact of Stress Ball Density on the Categorization of Sexual Orientation, Race and the Level of Certainty in College Students
Brittain Hall, Room 101
Participants (N=67) were asked to squeeze a hard (N=34) or soft (N=33) stress ball in their non-dominant while completing an online demographic and categorization survey. It was found that Caucasian participants in the soft stress ball condition were more likely to label the androgynous face as gay than the Caucasian participants in the hard stress ball condition. It was also found that there was an own-race preference for the biracial female face. Both African American and Caucasian participants were more likely to label the biracial male face as Black, but African American participants felt more certain in this decision than Caucasian participants. Participant sex was also found to influence categorization. Male participants were more likely to label the androgynous face as straight and the biracial male as White, and females were more likely to label the androgynous face as gay and the biracial male as Black. Implications will be discussed.