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Safer Social Environments Could Help Prevent Campus Sexual Assault
This framework highlights how situational configurations can interact with mental processes to create the conditions that enable or discourage sexual assault on college campuses.
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on language and counting, pain as social glue, perinatal conditions and gender nonconformity, constellations across cultures, generations and personality, attachment and hearing, app usage and identity, and sexism identification.
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Video: Commemorating Women’s History Month with Psychological Science
In observance of the 2022 celebration, APS has collected and summarized flash talks from our 2021 Virtual Convention that discuss the effects of systemic sexism, gender stereotypes, and discrimination against women to reiterate the need for gender equality and acceptance.
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on incel activity on social media, the gender-equality paradox in chess, sources of regret, personality structure across nations, feedback and decision-making, early socioeconomic circumstances and physical activity in older adults, stopping actions, and mathematical ability.
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Storybooks Could Be an Early Source of Gender Stereotypes for Children
Reading to children offers many benefits. A new study reveals, however, that popular storybooks are an underrecognized source of gender stereotypes, and children’s books often contain stronger gender biases than texts for adults.
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on information search and choice, intergroup conflict, tactile action, attention and visual search, face learning, noise and anchoring effects, children books and gender, and the impact of teacher mindsets on growth-mindset interventions.