Because names are among the first things you learn about someone, they can influence first impressions.
Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2023
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When interviewing a job candidate, people often have certain preferences that are not just based on a rational evaluation of the person's skills, but also on gut feelings. These feelings can be fed by our biases that develop ...
Social Sciences
May 23, 2023
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If there's one thing we should all be able to agree on, it's that all human beings belong to the same species, Homo sapiens.
Social Sciences
May 22, 2023
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Math teachers who believe women no longer face discrimination tend to be biased against girls' ability in math. This is what we found through an experiment we conducted with over 400 elementary and middle school math teachers ...
Mathematics
May 3, 2023
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When a white Texas middle school teacher told his students in November 2022 that he was "ethnocentric" and thought his race was "superior," he attempted to explain his position by arguing that he was hardly the only person ...
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2022
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White children who are exposed to larger racial inequalities in their daily lives and who see those inequalities as due to intrinsic differences between people are more likely to hold racial biases in their perceptions of ...
Social Sciences
Nov 16, 2022
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Across the U.S., K-12 public school teachers face significant psychological barriers to discussing issues of race and racism with their students, according to new research by a University of Massachusetts social psychologist.
Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2022
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Justice is supposed to be "blind." But is race blindness always the best way to achieve racial equality? An algorithm to predict recidivism among prison populations is underscoring that debate.
Mathematics
Mar 31, 2022
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Why are Black children more likely to be expelled or disciplined in preschool than their white peers?
Education
Sep 29, 2021
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New research to be published in the INFORMS journal Management Science has found popular rideshare platforms exhibit racial and other biases that penalize under-represented minorities and others seeking to use their services.
Economics & Business
May 6, 2020
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