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Bennington College Study  

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  • Definition The Bennington College study was conducted by sociologist Theodore Newcomb from 1935 until 1939. The study examined the attitudes of students attending the then all-female Bennington College early in the college's history; indeed, the study began during the first year that the college had a senior class. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Bennington College Study]

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