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Learning From Fiction
My name is Sharda Umanath from Duke University, and I presented my research at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC.
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Unintentional Biases in the Courtroom: Is Time a Factor?
My name is Alyna Ohanmamooreni from Florida State University and I presented my research at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC.
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Age and Cultural Differences in Discrimination of Emotion
My name is Dave Forman from Morehead State University, and I presented my research at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC.
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Study of the Day: ‘Diversity’ Has Become a Useless Concept
The Atlantic: PROBLEM: Initially, diversity pertained to inclusiveness toward historically disadvantaged groups. How far have people strayed from this original denotation? METHODOLOGY: Researchers led by Miguel Unzueta of the University of California, Los Angeles, designed an experiment to look at how people think about diversity today. They recruited 300 people, mostly students and staff members at UCLA, to take an online survey. The subjects saw a profile of a company with various combinations of racial and occupational diversity, and were asked if the company was "diverse" or not and for their thoughts on affirmative action.
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Praise Is Fleeting, but Brickbats We Recall
The New York Times: MY sisters and I have often marveled that the stories we tell over and over about our childhood tend to focus on what went wrong. We talk about the time my older sister got her finger crushed by a train door on a trip in Scandinavia. We recount the time we almost missed the plane to Israel because my younger sister lost her stuffed animal in the airport terminal. Since, fortunately, we’ve had many more pleasant experiences than unhappy ones, I assumed that we were unusual in zeroing in on our negative experiences. But it turns out we’re typical. “This is a general tendency for everyone,” said Clifford Nass, a professor of communication at Stanford University.
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Facebook May Not Be So Friendly For Those With Low Self-Esteem
NPR: Posting on Facebook is an easy way to connect with people, but it also can be a means to alienate them. That can be particularly troublesome for those with low self-esteem. People with poor self-image tend to view the glass as half empty. They complain a bit more than everyone else, and they often share their negative views and feelings when face to face with friends and acquaintances. Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, wondered whether those behavior patterns would hold true online. They published their findings in the journal Psychological Science.
