A5004629956- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Critical Race Theory in Education
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Policing Practices and Perceptions
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Academic Freedom and Politics
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Educational Environments and Student Outcomes
- Artificial Intelligence in Law
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
University of Georgia
2019-2025
Northwestern University
2018-2023
University of Vermont
2020-2023
Washington State University
2020-2023
University of California, Los Angeles
2023
Stonehill College
2023
University of Chicago
2023
University of California, Santa Barbara
2023
The Ohio State University
2023
Stanford University
2023
Implicit preferences are malleable, but does that change last? We tested 9 interventions (8 real and 1 sham) to reduce implicit racial over time. In 2 studies with a total of 6,321 participants, all immediately reduced preferences. However, none were effective after delay several hours days. also found these did not explicit reliably moderated by motivations respond without prejudice. Short-term malleability in necessarily lead long-term change, raising new questions about the flexibility...
Abstract The majority of White parents in the United States are uncomfortable discussing race with their children and tend to avoid it. When they do discuss children, often take a color blind approach—in which emphasize belief that does not matter—instead conscious acknowledge race‐related issues. In current study, we sought explore individual difference factors may be associated American parents’ racial socialization practices. Results indicated bias awareness was greater willingness...
Although parent-child conversations about race are recommended to curb White U.S. children's racial biases, little work has tested their influence. We designed a guided racism discussion task for parents and 8-12-year-old children. explored whether parents' (a) pro-White implicit biases changed pre postconversation, (b) socialization messages (color conscious, external attributions prejudiced behavior colorblind ideology [CBRI]) predicted changes in each other's (c) associations varied by...
Identifying the origins of social bias is critical to devising strategies overcome prejudice. In two experiments, we tested hypothesis that young children can catch novel biases from brief exposure biased nonverbal signals demonstrated by adults. Our results are consistent with this hypothesis. Experiment 1, found who were exposed a video depicting in favor one individual over another subsequently explicitly preferred, and more prone behave prosocially toward, target positive signals....
Abstract Children show signs of intergroup biases from early in development, and evidence suggests that these increase through middle childhood. Here we critically review synthesize the literature on different types childhood experiences have been associated with increases or decreases bias. Based review, one type experience stands out as being reliably increased bias over multiple studies—specific overt messages communicating conflict with, negativity from, other groups. Three were found to...
The racial categorization literature, reliant on forced-choice tasks, suggests that mixed-race targets are often categorized using the parent faces created racially mixed stimuli (e.g., Black or White) their combination Black–White multiracial). In current studies, we introduce a free-response task allows for spontaneous categorizations of higher ecological validity. Our results suggest that, when allowed, observers classify into alternative categories (i.e., responses neither races nor...
The consequences of racial microaggressions are most often discussed at an interpersonal level. In this article, we contend that play important role in maintaining systems oppression beyond the context. Specifically, illustrate how establish White superiority United States by othering people color (e.g., treating as if they not true citizens) and communicating inferior environmental exclusions attacks, second-class citizens). We also present evidence a protecting reinforcing systemic racism....
This research was designed to test if priming the election of President Obama as a contemporary racial milestone would increase implicit bias among White Americans. Participants (N = 202) were randomly assigned one three conditions: power threat prime (Obama), majority (shifting demographics U.S.), or no prime, before completing an measure positive and negative associations with Whites Blacks. Consistent group theory, both primes increased anti-Black bias. In (Obama) condition, only those...
Evidence of group bias based on race, ethnicity, nationality, and language emerges early in the life span.Although understanding initial acquisition has critical theoretical practical implications, precisely how biases are acquired been understudied.In two preregistered experiments, we tested hypothesis that generalized social can be through exposure to positive nonverbal signals directed toward a novel adult from one more negative another group.We sought determine whether children would...
Stereotypes often guide our perceptions of members social groups. However, research has yet to document what stereotypes may exist for the fastest growing youth demographic in United States—biracial individuals. Across seven studies ( N = 1,104), we investigate are attributed various biracial groups, whether individuals stereotyped as more similar their lower status monoracial parent group (trait hypodescent), and contact moderates these stereotypes. Results provide evidence some universal...
Lewis (this issue) reflects on the achievement of social equality as ideal goal within diverse and culturally plural societies, focusing U.S., specifically. argues that, because ma...
ABSTRACT Nonverbal behavior is a ubiquitous, everyday cue that often used as basis for social evaluation. Numerous studies indicate children are sensitive to these signals and form evaluative judgments after viewing positive or negative nonverbal cues directed toward target. Furthermore, they generalize other members of targets’ group, indicating displays can influence intergroup bias. However, no thus far have directly examined whether exposure reduce children's implicit explicit racial In...
Interracial couples are an understudied but increasingly common social group in the United States. We used direct and indirect measures to examine explicit implicit biases (respectively) against interracial among samples of (a) predominantly White (non-Black; N = 1,217), (b) Black ( 293), (c) multiracial 284) respondents recruited from Results provide evidence bias Black–White sample sample. There was no such self-identified respondents; fact, they self-reported favoritism for couples....
Abstract In social psychology, stereotypes have generally been viewed as overgeneralized beliefs about groups in society. Although stereotypes—especially those that are negative—tend to be recognized contributing prejudice and discrimination of marginalized communities, they often conceptualized containing a “kernel truth.” Meanwhile, there has relatively little consideration the historical cultural origins racial stereotypes. This is an important oversight given continue used means excuse...
One of the most recent uses term gay is to refer things as negative in general, detached from explicit reference individuals. Research has shown that exposure explicitly homonegative speech can increase anti-gay bias; however, effect more ambivalent on implicit attitudes not yet been explored. Despite conscious disassociation between both meanings word, given previous studies priming and automaticity, an association was expected at automatic level. Therefore, this study investigated general...
Racial disparities in policing and recent high-profile incidents resulting the deaths of Black men have ignited a national debate on policies. Given evidence that both police officers may be associated with threat, we examined impact perceived threat support for reformed Across three studies found correlational perceiving as threatening predicts increased practices (e.g., limiting use lethal force matching demographics to those community). In contrast, predicted reduced policy reform....
Although parent-child conversations about race are recommended as a way to curb children’s racial biases, no prior work has directly tested the impact of such on attitudes. In fact, most White American parents avoid talking racism with their children. We designed method facilitate subtle and blatant forms bias between 8-12-year-olds. explored effect conversation implicit anti-Black attitudes, whether parents’ nonverbal discomfort physiological arousal moderated socialization type that was...
Dominant majority-group members living in areas with larger proportions of outgroup tend to express more ingroup bias. However, prior research has rarely considered this tandem the bias-reducing effects intergroup contact or tested whether have similar for oppressed minority-group members. In two preregistered studies, we moderates association between and bias among White Black Americans (total N > 75,000). As hypothesized, residents an area predicted greater explicit (but not implicit)...
Prior work has established that nonverbal signals capitalize on existing cultural biases can shift attitudes toward members of familiar social groups (e.g., racial minority group members). This research is the first to examine whether influence adults’ unfamiliar individuals outside context biases. In a series studies, we examined seeing one individual receive more cold, unfriendly than another would lead in favor target positive signals. Consistent with our preregistered hypotheses,...
Implicit prejudice is malleable, but does that change last? We tested nine interventions (eight real and one sham) have been demonstrated to reduce implicit racial temporarily determine whether their effects also persisted over time. In two studies with a total of 6,321 participants, all immediately reduced prejudice, none were effective after delay several hours days. found these did not explicit reliably moderated by motivations respond without prejudice. Short-term malleability in...