Table 5. Study 5: Lay beliefs about social class vs. actual findings.
| r with social class (mean lay belief) | r with social class (actual)1 | Difference between lay belief and actual | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individualism | .23 | .20 | t(95) = .42, ns |
| Contextualism | .08 | -.23 | t(95) = 7.45*** |
| Well-Being | .45 | .24 | t(95) = 4.67*** |
| Empathy | .08 | -.28 | t(95) = 8.96*** |
| Intelligence | .39 | .55 | t(95) = 3.85*** |
| Health | .35 | .23 | t(95) = 2.82** |
| Honesty | .17 | -.22 | t(95) = 8.89*** |
| Conformity | .20 | -.27 | t(95) = 10.82*** |
| Collectivism | .32 | -.20 | t(95) = 12.20*** |
| Dispositionism | .11 | .23 | t(95) = 2.87** |
| Distress | -.24 | -.24 | t(95) = .03, ns |
| Indifference | .02 | .28 | t(95) = 5.37*** |
| Stupidity | -.25 | -.55 | t(95) = 6.19*** |
| Illness | -.25 | -.23 | t(95) = .40, ns |
| Dishonesty | -.09 | .22 | t(95) = 6.85*** |
| Uniqueness | .16 | .27 | t(95) = 2.82** |
1 Correlations derived from same sources used in Study 1 and Study 4. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.