Do African Americans, Hispanics, and non-Hispanic whites differ in their explanations of the
socioeconomic divide separating blacks and whites in the United States? Have such …

This research examines (1) whether a comparative study of African Americans and whites in
a nationwide sample hears out the widespread assumption of a distinctive African American …

The redshift interval 1.4≲ z≲ 2.5 has been described by some as the" redshift desert"
because of historical difficulties in spectroscopically identifying galaxies in that range. In fact, …

Objective. Lay explanations for “wealth” have been neglected in research on beliefs about
social stratification. This study compares the nature and determinants of beliefs about the …

Objective. While a substantial literature on the "belief in a just world" (Lerner, 1980) exists,
we know little about who actually believes that the world is just. This study (1) examines …

Interpretive description is a qualitative research methodology aligned with a constructivist
and naturalistic orientation to inquiry. The aim of interpretive description, a relatively new …

We discuss a sample of 29 active galactic nuclei (AGNs)(16 narrow-lined and 13 broad-lined)
discovered in a spectroscopic survey of~ 1000 star-forming Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) …

In a sample of southern Californians, three questions were investigated: (1) Are there race/ethnic
differences in beliefs about the causes of poverty? (2) Do two social psychological …

We present the results of a detailed study of the interstellar medium (ISM) of MS 1512-cB58 (cB58
for short), an∼ L* Lyman break galaxy at z= 2.7276, based on new spectral …

Racial segregation remains a persistent problem in US schools. In this article, we examine
how social psychological factors—in particular, individuals’ perceptions of schools with …