Prestige Enhancing Memory Distortions
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus talks about "prestige enhancing memory distortions," and explains that these are sometimes responsible for two people witnessing the same event, but remembering different details.
Combating Prejudice
Social psychologist Mahzarin Banaji talks about taking the Implicit Association Test herself and what it taught her. She says that the process of coming to grips with her own test results gave her a greater understanding of the degree to which it is...
Acquisition of Biases, The
Social psychologist Mahzarin Banaji explains that prejudice is something that is learned, not something with which we're born. The good news, according to Dr. Banaji, is that we can change our thinking. "It's part of ordinary thinking, ordinary cogn...
People to People: How Attitudes Can Affect Our Judgment
Attitudes-- feelings based on beliefs-- predispose our reactions to objects, people, and events. The very thing that makes us intelligent beings is also that which allows us to fall prey to biases or mistaken perceptions. When we stereotype people w...