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Racial Bias in Criminal Justice
Unconscious biases toward African Americans still produce major inequities in the criminal justice system. Using statistical analyses, Jennifer Eberhardt has documented how racially coded features, such as a defendant’s skin color and hair texture, influence
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Credit Screenings Lead to Unfair Hiring
Checking up on a job applicant’s financial history has become a common practice in hiring — even for service industry jobs like serving frozen yogurt or driving a delivery truck. Employers might assume that a
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Do people become more prejudiced as they grow older?
BBC Magazine: Admirers of Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird have been shocked by the transformation of the lawyer Atticus Finch into a racist in the newly published Go Set a Watchman, set
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Can science make you less sexist while you sleep?
The Washington Post: No matter how open-minded you think you are, you’re chock-full of what scientists call implicit biases — prejudices you don’t even realize that you have that color your actions. But a fascinating
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APS Convention Program Brings Science to the Courtroom
Since 1989, DNA evidence has proven that 329 people in the United States — many of whom served lengthy prison sentences — did not commit the crimes of which they had been convicted. Speakers at
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Encouraging Diversity in Psychology
October 2014 Student Notebook Announcements Student Research. Are you in the initial development stages of your research? Apply for the APS Student Research Grant Competition. Applications are due by November 16. Research on diversity should
