Societies and schools are facing new, culturally diverse populations and how they respond to these changes can have lasting impacts for everyone involved. Examining middle school diversity policies, a team of researchers ...
Education
Apr 24, 2019
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A new study by Dr. Keon West tested the arguments of those who dismiss negative responses to potential slights as 'hypersensitivity' and claim that ethnic minorities' responses to these events are excessive, or even pathological.
Social Sciences
Mar 25, 2019
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In a series of studies, social psychologists show that educational tracking—grouping students based on their achievement levels—encourages evaluators to artificially create social class inequalities. Three studies reveal ...
Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2018
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Some women may like it when a man opens the door on a first date or offers to pay the bill at dinner, while others may find the gestures insulting.
Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2018
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Following the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015, Emile Bruneau noticed a pattern: howls from the far right condemning all Muslims for the attack, followed by passionate counterarguments defending the vast majority ...
Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2018
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Not every kind of science scepticism is the same. For example, scepticism about climate change is linked to political ideology, whereas scepticism about vaccinations consistently correlates with religious beliefs. In contrast, ...
Social Sciences
Dec 4, 2017
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Here's something both you and your boss can agree on: Workplace teams are better when they include your friends.
Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2017
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Feel like everyone else has more friends than you do? You're not alone— but merely believing this is true could affect your happiness. A new study from the University of British Columbia, Harvard Business School and Harvard ...
Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2017
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The motivation to own a handgun for self-protection is not just about fear of crime, according to the model proposed by Wolfgang Stroebe and Pontus Leander (University of Groningen, The Netherlands), and Arie W. Kruglanski ...
Social Sciences
Jun 8, 2017
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Public and political apologies have steeply increased in recent times. Yet the sincerity of those apologies and how they are received by victims varies widely. Based on new social psychological research on group apologies, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2017
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