+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:  

  1. Strongly disagree
  2. Disagree
  3. Somewhat disagree
  4. Neither agree nor disagree
  5. Somewhat agree
  6. Agree
  7. Strongly agree

Items:

  1. Students with different backgrounds and experiences can find their own way of being successful at UCSC.
  2. There are different ways to be a successful UCSC student.
  3. UCSC makes an effort to include ideas and practices that represent a wide variety of backgrounds.
  4. I think that my background will help me succeed at UCSC.
  5. 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 Links to an external site.

Link to PDF:

https://www.law.berkeley.edu/files/What_about_me_JPSP.pdf Links to an external site.

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