The Pathology of Prejudice
Driving around the part of Fresno, California, where Shannon Brown spent much of her life feels a bit like entering… More
Prejudice
APS Past President Mahzarin Banaji Among Golden Goose Award Recipients
Banaji and colleagues Anthony Greenwald and Brian Nosek are being honored for their groundbreaking research on implicit bias. … More
How Music Can Fight Prejudice
The outpouring of hostility toward immigrants and refugees has reminded us that ethnocentrism remains a fact of life in both… More
Science of Racism Examined in New Set of Research Articles
Psychological scientists describe research on the enduring and often hidden presence of racism at both the interpersonal and societal levels in the June issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science… More
New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring cognitive factors in intergroup biases, object-based attention on social units, height and dominant behavior, and sameness as a natural concept… More
Why are people prejudiced? The answer is not what you think
People are prejudiced — sometimes unashamedly so. We tend to have a host of reasons ready to justify our biases… More