+Appreciation of Difference
Plaut, Garnett, Buffardi, & Sanchez-Burks (2011)
Topic: Diversity-Related Beliefs
Instructions:
Please rate your level of agreement with the following items on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree).
Response Options:
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Strongly agree
Items:
- Students with different backgrounds and experiences can find their own way of being successful at UCSC.
- There are different ways to be a successful UCSC student.
- UCSC makes an effort to include ideas and practices that represent a wide variety of backgrounds.
- I think that my background will help me succeed at UCSC.
- It is important to have multiple perspectives on campus (e.g., cultures, races, ethnicities, genders, socioeconomic backgrounds, and sexualities).
Note: Used in Stephens et al., 2014.
Citation:
Plaut, V. C., Garnett, F. G., Buffardi, L. E., & Sanchez-Burks, J. (2011). “What about me?” Perceptions of exclusion and Whites’ reactions to multiculturalism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101(2), 337–353. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022832
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Link to PDF:
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/files/What_about_me_JPSP.pdf Links to an external site.