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Karen Gonsalkorale
The University of Sydney, Australia http://www.psych.usyd.edu.au/staff/kareng/ What does your research focus on? My research interests are in the areas of social cognition, intergroup relations, and stereotyping and prejudice. I’m currently exploring the ways in which
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Nicole Tausch
University of St. Andrews, UK http://psy.st-andrews.ac.uk/people/lect/nt20.shtml What does your research focus on? I’m generally interested in the psychological factors involved in intergroup relations, prejudice and discrimination, and group conflict. As part of my PhD, I
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Psychological need drives prejudice in humans: Study
Yahoo India: A deep psychological need drives prejudice, linked to a particular way of thinking, says a study. People who want to make quick and firm decisions, shorn of ambiguity, also generalise about others, said
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Research States That Prejudice Comes From a Basic Human Need and Way of Thinking
Where does prejudice come from? Not from ideology, say the authors of a new paper. Instead, prejudice stems from a deeper psychological need, associated with a particular way of thinking. People who aren’t comfortable with
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Study: Vaccines & Hand-Washing Can Reduce Prejudice Against Immigrants, the Obese & Crack Addicts
Discover Magazine: The war between people and disease-causing pathogens is old as humanity itself. This has helped shaped our so-called behavioral immunity, which can lead us, for example, to automatically avoid people who are visibly
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A Vaccination Against Social Prejudice
Evolutionary psychologists suspect that prejudice is rooted in survival: Our distant ancestors had to avoid outsiders who might have carried disease. Research still shows that when people feel vulnerable to illness, they exhibit more bias