The current era of cancel culture is upon us. From former Senator Al Franken, to Ellen Degeneres and Amy Cooper, people everywhere are having their lives upended because they violated the current social taboos of their community. Of course, such communal forms of control through shaming and shunning are nothing new to our shores More
APS Member/Author: Elizabeth Levy Paluck The contact hypothesis in psychology predicts that prejudice can be reduced when rival groups come together under optimal circumstances of cooperation and equal status. To date, the weight of real-world evidence for this hypothesis comes from self-reported attitudes after self-initiated contact, not from preregistered randomized More
Researchers investigate factors and consequences for refugees and host society Due to border closures in the wake of the corona crisis, the arrival of refugees in Europe has temporarily dipped. However, worldwide numbers of refugees have surged, again, within a year, driven by violence, war, persecution, economic hardship, or climate More
A sample of articles on gun ownership and coping, eyewitness and suspect identification, disruption of the gender/sex binary, refugee integration, and personality traits and proenvironmental attitudes. More
A sample of research exploring memory for repeated images, stability and change in implicit bias, and mixed emotions toward racial out-groups. More
The real power to change people’s hearts and minds may lie in the television programs, books, and other media we consume on a daily basis. More
