Predicting Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action by Individual Beliefs
Leah Ozeroff
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Predicting Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action by Individual Beliefs

Predicting Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action by Beliefs about Fairness, Merit, and Typicality of Policy Types

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This study examined the role of beliefs about fairness, merit and the typicality of different Affirmative Action policies (AAPs) in predicting support for Affirmative Action (AA). Consistent with predictions, beliefs that AA is unfair related to opposition toward AAPs involving strong preferential treatment (such as the hire of unqualified applicants). Fairness beliefs also related to opposition to AAPs employing softer approaches (such as AAPs involving efforts to recruit minority applicants). Beliefs that AA is unfair did not relate to race-blind or training policies, suggesting that beliefs...