Antonio, Anthony, Chang, Mitchell, Kahuta, Kenji, Kenny, David, Levin, Shana, & Milem, Jeffrey
University Affiliation: Stanford University
Email: aantonio@stanford.edu
Research Question:
Measure the impact of racial diversity on the complexity of thinking in college students.
Published: 1
Journal Name or Institutional Affiliation: Psychological Science
Journal Entry: Vol. 15, No. 8, pp. 507-510
Year: 2004
Findings:
- Racial and opinion minorities were both perceived as contributing to novelty.
- Generally positive effects on integrative complexity were found when the groups had racial and opinion-minority members and when members reported having racially diverse friends and classmates.
- This research supports the claims about the educational significance of race in higher education, as well as the complexity of the interaction of racial diversity with contextual and individual factors.
- Presence of a Black collaborator in a group of White participants generally led to greater perceived novelty of the collaborator and a greater level of integrative complexity.