Study demonstrates evolution of stereotypes
(Phys.org)—Researchers from Scotland suggest that stereotypes form and evolve over time through social transmission of information, similar to the way in which languages evolve.
News tagged with stereotypes
Study shows disorder may cause an increase stereotyping
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study performed by Dutch social scientists Diederik Stapel and Siegwart Lindenberg, of Tilburg University in the Netherlands, suggests that people may resort to stereotyping to cope with the stress associated ...
New model evaluates how reputation and indirect reciprocity affect cooperative behaviors
In the complicated world of human interactions, helping others can come back around, a concept known as indirect reciprocity. It's like a societal credit score, where one's good deeds build up a good reputation, prompting ...
Social Sciences
Mar 4, 2024
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Game performance of immigrant NBA players might suffer in context of far-right political support
During the 2020–2021 season of the National Basketball Association (NBA), which took place during Donald Trump's failed bid at re-election, immigrant players for teams in regions with stronger far-right political sentiments ...
Economics & Business
Nov 1, 2023
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Workplace discrimination saps everyone's motivation, even if it works in your favor
When people work for discriminatory managers, they put in less effort. That's true both when managers are biased against them and when they're biased in their favor, according to a new paper that Nicholas Heiserman of Oklahoma ...
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2023
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How stereotyping increases during economic crises
It's been almost exactly 15 years since Lehmann Brothers declared bankruptcy, marking the height of the financial crisis. Since then, we've entered the era of the "polycrisis"—where several catastrophic events are happening ...
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2023
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Commonly used police diversity training unlikely to change officers' behavior, study finds
Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died after a confrontation with police during a traffic stop earlier this month in Memphis, has become the latest face in a racial justice and police reform movement fueled by a string ...
Social Sciences
Feb 4, 2023
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Research shows constituents ask female legislators to do more
Despite the strides made in electing women to office, women are still grossly underrepresented in all levels of government. Women make up just over a quarter of all members of the 117th Congress (147 of the total 535 seats), ...
Social Sciences
Sep 16, 2022
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Stereotypes can be self-reinforcing, stubborn even without any supporting evidence
A new study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows why letting stereotypes inform our judgments of unfamiliar people can be such a hard habit to break.
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2022
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Words matter: How to reduce gender bias with word choice
In the workplace, even subtle differences in language choice can influence the perception of gender for better or worse. These choices fall into two main categories: minimizing the role of gender by using gender-neutral terms ...
Social Sciences
Jun 10, 2022
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