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000012086 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.6082/uchicago.12086
000012086 037__ $$aTHESIS
000012086 037__ $$bThesis
000012086 041__ $$aeng
000012086 245__ $$aSocial Class, Social Interaction, and Social Cognition: An investigation into the relationship between socioeconomic status and sociality
000012086 260__ $$bUniversity of Chicago
000012086 269__ $$a2024-06
000012086 336__ $$aThesis
000012086 502__ $$bM.A.
000012086 520__ $$aSocial class undeniably shapes our worlds: from our health, to our neighborhoods, to our relationships, socioeconomic status (SES) reliably predicts diverging outcomes across a plethora of dimensions. The goal of this article is to ascertain whether SES is also related to our sociality; namely expectations of conversation and social interaction. It is hypothesized that SES is positively related to more optimistic expectations about social interactions, and greater interest in reaching out and connecting with others. In three online survey experiments (N = 789, all preregistered), this relationship is explored by instructing participants to rate their expectations of interactions taking place on a park bench. Across studies, higher SES is modestly correlated with more positive expectations of social engagement, such as greater interest in initiating conversations and less awkwardness anticipated from these interactions. However, the associations between SES and sociality were weak in magnitude and inconsistent across studies. Additionally, they did not appear to be context specific (Experiment 3) nor was optimism unique to social engagement (Experiment 2), highlighting the complexity of this relationship and need for further research to explore these dynamics more deeply.
000012086 540__ $$a© 2024 Shaun Minniti
000012086 6531_ $$asocioeconomic status
000012086 6531_ $$asocial class
000012086 6531_ $$asociality
000012086 6531_ $$asocial behavior
000012086 6531_ $$asocial cognition
000012086 6531_ $$aconversation expectations
000012086 690__ $$aSocial Sciences Division 
000012086 691__ $$aMA Program in the Social Sciences (MAPSS)
000012086 7001_ $$aMinniti, Shaun$$uUniversity of Chicago
000012086 72012 $$aNicholas Epley
000012086 72014 $$aAndrew Proctor
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000012086 908__ $$aI agree
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000012086 983__ $$aThesis