Julia

Title:
Visible and invisible privileges: An interpersonal headwind/tailwind asymmetry in assessments of barriers and blessings

Abstract:
People tend to notice the barriers that have obstructed their progress more than the blessings that have helped them along the way, a phenomenon known as the “headwinds/tailwinds asymmetry”. However, when people do notice their privileges, they tend to notice other people who have helped them more than they notice non-interpersonal forces such as their race, gender, or socioeconomic status. In this talk, I will present evidence of this phenomenon as well as a possible explanation: a cooperative social norm which encourages people to remember and acknowledge helpful others. I will also show that manipulating the perceived norm can alter the privileges and barriers that people choose to highlight.

Nadia

Title:
Visible and invisible privileges: An interpersonal headwind/tailwind asymmetry in assessments of barriers and blessings

Abstract:
People tend to notice the barriers that have obstructed their progress more than the blessings that have helped them along the way, a phenomenon known as the “headwinds/tailwinds asymmetry”. However, when people do notice their privileges, they tend to notice other people who have helped them more than they notice non-interpersonal forces such as their race, gender, or socioeconomic status. In this talk, I will present evidence of this phenomenon as well as a possible explanation: a cooperative social norm which encourages people to remember and acknowledge helpful others. I will also show that manipulating the perceived norm can alter the privileges and barriers that people choose to highlight.