Explore projects in Stereotypes and Bias!
Projects in stereotypes and bias examine how people form, maintain, and act on generalized beliefs about social groups. These studies explore both implicit and explicit biases and their effects on perception, judgment, and behavior across various contexts—such as education, healthcare, the workplace, and the justice system. Researchers investigate how stereotypes develop in childhood, how they are reinforced by social and cultural influences, and how they contribute to discrimination and inequality. Many projects also focus on interventions aimed at reducing bias, promoting inclusion, and fostering more equitable attitudes and behaviors across diverse communities.
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- Clarifying the Role of Inflammation in Social PrejudiceProject Abstract/Summary A fact of social life is that people consider some individuals in their social environments to be members of their own group (the “ingroup”) and others to be members of other groups (the “outgroups”). Often, this categorization results in social biases, including prejudice and discrimination toward outgroups. People categorize others as outgroup members along such dimensions of human variability as gender, disability, race, ethnicity, or ancestry. Biases stemming from these categorizations may ultimately contribute to hate crimes and… Read more: Clarifying the Role of Inflammation in Social Prejudice
- Promoting Intraminority Solidarity Through Intergroup Relations FramingsProject Abstract/Summary Decades of research and theory development in Social Psychology has focused on the causes and consequences of racism, with most of this research focusing on Black-White relations. However, little attention has been devoted to understanding minority groups’ attitudes toward other minority groups. This issue is important to understand because social equality and progress depends on solidarity between minority groups, and research that limits itself to only Black-White relations limits the understanding of attitudes and behavior toward minority groups.… Read more: Promoting Intraminority Solidarity Through Intergroup Relations Framings
- “She must not know much about that”: Children’s inferences based on others’ listener designProject Abstract/Summary In the classroom, concerns with appearing incompetent can pose a significant barrier to learning effectively. While we know students worry about appearing incompetent when making mistakes, this project explores a subtle yet pervasive behavior that may also act as such a barrier: how others treat and talk to the child. Two children could ask the exact same thing, but be seen very differently based on how others (e.g., teachers) explain things to them. If a teacher explains something… Read more: “She must not know much about that”: Children’s inferences based on others’ listener design