This book is intended to fill a gap in the literature on research methods in the social
sciences. To date, methods textbooks have yet to formally incorporate population-based …

Group Empathy Theory posits empathy felt by members of one group can boost support for
another even when the groups are in direct competition for rights, security, and resources …

Recent scholarship has discovered significant racial/ethnic group variation in response to
political threats such as immigration and terrorism. Surprisingly, minority groups often …

In this study, we argue that nonverbal racial/ethnic cues can activate one's empathy toward
disadvantaged out-groups, particularly when such cues resonate with one's own in-group …

Synthesizing several theories about the likely impact of case reports in the news, we
propose that the impact of featuring identified victims in a news story is contingent on the …

Since partisan individuals from opposing sides of an issue are likely to perceive the exact
same news story as being biased against their personal point of view, this study examines …

Recent scholarship has discovered significant racial group variation in response to political
threats such as immigration and terrorism. Surprisingly, groups who perceive themselves to …

Although research has investigated the development of empathy and the group empathy
theory, little research has been done to examine specific factors that may impact an …

Background When humans observe other people's emotions they not only can relate but
also experience similar affective states. This capability is seen as a precondition for helping …

The purpose of this dissertation is to increase our understanding of the conditions under
which Americans—and particularly men and women—vote for women candidates in primary …