implicit associations

People Automatically Associate Black Men With Threat, Distinct From Negativity

It is important to distinguishing threat from negativity in anti-Black bias.

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Has Society Changed in Implicit and Explicit Gender Stereotypes?

Data from 1.4 million people offer new evidence on the hopeful (and cautionary) trends of our society.

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Psychology News Roundup: ICYMI September 14, 2020

Ancient sculptures, conspiracies, leadership, and closing doors: read what you may have missed in the world of personality and social psychology on this ICYMI roundup.

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Having Essentialist Beliefs Predicts People’s Attitudes about Social Groups

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Is the belief that most people have strong character traits linked to higher prejudice? Yes, but the prejudice may sometimes be positive rather than negative.

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Unconscious and Unaccountable: What Happens When We Attribute Discrimination to Implicit Bias?

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When people believe discrimination was caused by unconscious bias they hold perpetrators less accountable.

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Where You Live Can Affect Your Biases

Locations can be biased too.

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Psychology News Roundup: ICYMI July 19, 2019

Dissonance, politics, and a change in children's drawings...see what you may have missed in the world of personality and social psychology.

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Psychology News Roundup: ICYMI April 19, 2019

From willpower to a new flurry of posts on our blog, check out what you might have missed this week. Recently in the news, written a post, or have selections you'd like us to consider? Email us, use the hashtag #SPSPblog, or tweet us directly @spspnews.

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Celebrity Fat Shaming Has Ripple Effects on Women’s Implicit Anti-Fat Attitudes

Washington, DC and Montreal, Quebec - Celebrities, particularly female celebrities, are routinely criticized about their appearance—indeed, celebrity “fat-shaming” is a fairly regular pop-cultural phenomenon. Although we might assume that these comments are trivial and inconsequential, the effects of these messages can extend well beyond the celebrity target and ripple through the population at large.

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Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI July 28, 2017

Each week, we recap featured posts from Character & Context and other blogs around the cyberspace, plus news stories and tweets worth a look. If you have an item you'd like us to consider, use the hashtag #SPSPblog or tweet us directly @spspnews.

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