Juliana Sanchez Trust/Efficacy Quiz

                                                            Juliana Sanchez, 407 Words

The trust that people have on their government, police, and community members can give great insight into how they all work together as a society. In the article titled "Race and Gender Differences in Self-efficacy: Assessing the Role of Gender Role Attitudes and Family Background" by Buchanan and Selmon, the authors attempt to find the link between race gender and self-efficacy. The research was conducted on 486 undergraduate students that were asked whether they strongly disagreed, disagreed, neither disagreed or agreed, agreed, or strongly agreed to statements about how self-efficient they thought they were. The same scale was used for questions regarding sex-role liberalism, such as if a woman should work or be a housewife and should men take more responsibility in the duties of the home. The results showed that self-efficacy in males is positively correlated to the presence of having a mother that worked full-time. For females and Blacks there was a positive correlation for sex-role liberalism and self-efficacy. In the case of Blacks there was also a positive correlation between self-efficacy and if the mother worked full-time. Those raised in households where the mother worked full-time may have higher degrees of self-efficacy. For the article titled "The Corrosive Effect if Acculturation: How Mexican Americans Lose Political Trust" by Michelson, the researchers attempt to analyze the trust that Mexican-Americans have on the government and what could possibly be the reason for a lack of trust. They surveyed people from 40 metropolitan areas around the United States and asked first, how much they trusted the government officials to do what is right, and if they believed the government was in the best interest of a few people or for all. To test for their assimilation, they asked about language use, preferred social media language, and social interactions. To test for competition, they asked about discrimination experiences. The results showed that 43% of Mexican Americans believed that the government was doing what is right only some of the time and 50% believed that they were in the interest for some not all. Overall the data shows that those that are more assimilated to Anglo culture may feel the pressure to be anti-government in order to fit in. Those that feel discriminated may also have anti-government sentiment due to being angry that the government does nothing to prevent discrimination from happening. Trust and efficacy can give great insight as to how they play a role in the lives of people from different races.