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The Double Edged Passion

... has had a different group in mind. But the singular fact of prejudice per se was as recognizable in Ancient Greece, Rome, and Samaria as it ... knowing, and have spent a great deal of time investigating prejudice in its many guises. They have come to two broad classes of answers: ... / more

Five Social Psychology Essentials

... and the environment. Important topics such as aggression and prejudice are standard. Yet the introductory course could go much further to ... when students try to understand aggression and competition, prejudice and obedience, they will remember that social behavior has many ... / more

Are Blonds Really Dumb?

... first demonstrated that both people who show high levels of prejudice towards Blacks and those who show comparatively low levels are ... This effect was equally strong for people with high and low prejudice levels. Thus, even though participants could not consciously read the ... / more

After Trayvon: The science of protecting innocent black men

... decades trying to understand the roots of racial and ethnic prejudice.  But Martin’s death in 2012 has focused that empirical interest ... to those categories, and that can lead to stereotyping and prejudice.  People who need to make quick judgments will assess a new person ... / more

Everyone is prejudiced, too

... psychology that is changing our understanding of what prejudice is, and who is prejudiced. When you think of victims of prejudice and discrimination, what groups come to mind? In all likelihood, a ... / more

Bleeding-heart liberals and hard-hearted conservatives: Political dehumanization in the United States

... and conservatives . Moreover, we looked at what effect prejudice towards liberals and conservatives had on these HN and HU trait ... with conservatives, and this association was driven by prejudice against conservatives. Thus, liberals’ dislike of conservatives ... / more

The year the journals changed

... to pick and choose. If they had three outcomes that measured prejudice, for example, and one’s intervention only reduced prejudice in two of them, some found it to be OK to report just those two. ... / more

Political ideology is more than just “liberal” and “conservative”

... important judgments, including those of other people (i.e., prejudice). Both the popular media and social scientists themselves often ... social and economic ideologies have distinct influences on prejudice and discrimination against a variety of groups (Crawford, Wance, ... / more

Foul-weather friends: Social psychology and school aggression

... Maass, and Griffiths (2005) found that children’s ethnic prejudice was positively related to strength of association with their ethnic ... Threat, group identification, and children’s ethnic prejudice . Social Development , 14 , 189–205. Rigby, K. (2005). Why ... / more

Does discrimination fit a prototype?

... Burgess, M. L., & Kao, C. F. (1991). Detecting and labeling prejudice: Do female perpetrators go unnoticed? Personality and Social ... R. S. (1996). Influence of prototypes on perceptions of prejudice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 727-739. ... / more