Race, Ethnicity and Family: Racial Stereotypes and Discrimination
Race has always played an important role in American society. Often, racial differences give rise to ugly stereotypes, which in turn fuel bigotry and discrimination
Probability and Stereotypes
Nobel Prize winning professor of psychology Daniel Kahneman talks about intuitive responses, probability and stereotypes.
Meeting Ground, The: Violence Against Chinese Grows
In order to survive in an unfriendly atmosphere, Chinese immigrants bond together, often living in enclaves referred to as Chinatowns. This protective gesture creates a new round of stereotypes about who they are and what their intentions are. Their...
Different Strokes: Mitigating the Distrust Associated with Prejudice
Most people would like to believe that they're not prejudiced, that they don't hold unjustified negative attitudes toward the members of out groups. Mahzarin Banaji illustrates how the use of the Implicit Association Test can help people realize...
Growing Older: Longevity Revolution, The
In the last hundred years, the average life expectancy in the United States has increased by nearly sixty percent. This has been called by some the "longevity revolution."
The Becoming Years: Mark of an Adult, The
The age at which adulthood begins varies depending on when an individual takes on adult roles such as a full-time job and marriage. Changes in the brain brought on by puberty are largely complete in young adulthood and people are more responsible an...
Different Strokes: Differences that Define and Separate People
As humans we share a common heritage and face common problems. Yet the differences that help define who we are-our culture, our gender, our race-often separate us in ways that are both cognitive and social. Humans are cognitive misers who distil...
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...
Psychology of Gender, The (Part One)
Social psychologist Mahzarin Banaji talks about gender stereotypes and attitudes towards women. Dr. Banaji reports that, while prejudice usually implies an antipathy or dislike, this is not really the case with regard to gender. "There seems not to ...