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When It Comes to Prejudice, a Growth Mindset Can Cut Both Ways
Teaching: Lesson plans about the changeability or controllability of traits that other people possess and how they can play a role in whether we develop prejudice toward them or not. Visit Page
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Careers Up Close: Joel Anderson on Gender and Sexual Prejudices, the Freedoms of Academic Research, and the Importance of Collaboration
Joel Anderson, a senior research fellow at both Australian Catholic University and La Trobe University, researches group processes, with a specific interest on prejudice, stigma, and stereotypes. Visit Page
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Can Body Shaming Be Outlawed?
In 1961 at the age of 37, Jean Nidetch, who struggled with her weight for most of her life, signed up for a 10-week program offered by the New York City Board of Health called the Visit Page
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Black Women’s Childhood Symptoms of Disordered Eating Predict Symptoms in Adulthood
New research finds that childhood symptoms of disordered eating are predictive of symptoms in adulthood regardless of race, debunking the myth that eating disorders don’t affect Black women. Visit Page
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on perceptual learning, prejudice, how the mind represents physical states, moralistic punishment, feelings, blindness and visual memory, perceptions of threat, and spatial navigation and reorientation. Visit Page
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Ford Fellow to Explore Collaborative Research in “Extreme Ideological Hate”
Jeni Kubota, an associate professor at the University of Delaware, focuses on implicit racial bias and basic social cognitive processes as drivers of injustice. Visit Page