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
Images and reports of people taking to the streets to protest last month’s killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police have sparked conversations among Americans on police use of force to control crowds, the morality of looting, and the destruction of property to vent anger and garner attention for a More
A sample of articles on innocence, false confessions, and wrongful convictions, the psychological study of art and aesthetics, new ways of reducing prejudice, and a psychometric model of emotions. 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
A sample of research exploring income inequality and racial bias, support for resettling refugees, and self-referential stimuli in working memory. More
