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Distinctions in White Audience Associations of ‘Black’ and ‘African American’ Labels
White Americans associate the label “Blacks” with being a target of racial bias more than the label “African Americans.”
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New Research Highlights Distinctions in White Audience Associations of ‘Black’ and ‘African American’ Label
A new series of studies to be published by Psychological Science show that White Americans associate the label “Blacks” with being targets of racial bias more than the label “African Americans.”
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Can Playing Together Help Us Live Together?
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
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Protests Over Killings of Black People Could Erode Racism, Researcher Says
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
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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
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.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring memory for repeated images, stability and change in implicit bias, and mixed emotions toward racial out-groups.