Posts Tagged ‘stereotypes’
Society & Culture - Feb 15, 2010 13:22 - 1 Comment
Word choice can challenge stereotypes
NYU (US)—What you say and how you say it can lessen the effects of “stereotype threats,” new research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 1, 2010 17:05 - 9 Comments
Girls learn lesson in math anxiety
U. CHICAGO (US)—Female elementary school teachers can pass on their anxiety and stereotypes about math to female students, research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 9, 2009 11:43 - 7 Comments
Googling God
PENN STATE (US)—Online searches of a spiritual nature are not on the decline in the United States despite that fact that most search engines perform poorly in response to religious queries, researchers find. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 23, 2009 18:24 - 2 Comments
Skin tone through a political lens
NYU (US)—Political beliefs may affect perceptions of skin tone. People perceive lighter skin tone to be more representative of a candidate with whom they share political ideology than darker skin tone, a new study finds. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 26, 2009 10:16 - 0 Comments
‘Obama effect’ on test scores just hype?
NYU (US)—Despite anecdotal reports in the media of an “Obama effect” on African-American student achievement, black students primed to think about President Barack Obama prior to taking a standardized test performed no better than white students or black students in a control group, according to new findings. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 27, 2009 15:56 - 0 Comments
In romance, race matters—even online
UC IRVINE (US)—The old rules do apply, it seems, for those looking for love on the Internet dating scene. Researchers from the University of California, Irvine analyzed online personals and found that racial stereotypes persist.
