News tagged with prejudices
Research suggests infants begin to learn about race in the first year
Results of a new study reported recently by psychology researcher Lisa Scott and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst confirm that although infants are born with equal abilities to tell apart ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 02, 2012 |
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Pride and prejudice: Pride impacts racism and homophobia
A new University of British Columbia study finds that the way individuals experience the universal emotion of pride directly impacts how racist and homophobic their attitudes toward other people are.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Young children learn about prejudice by instruction, older children by experience
For a 6-year-old, one of the most powerful educational tools may be direct instruction, according to new research on how children learn about prejudice. Scientists found that as children get closer to age 10, they begin to ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Losing the weight but not the stigma
(Medical Xpress) -- Obese people who lose weight will encounter far less social stigma and may even be seen as fitter than if they had been lean all along, but they may still face prejudice relating to how ...
Health
Mar 09, 2012 |
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The poor, in fact, are less likely to sue their doctor
Contrary to the common perception among physicians that poor people sue doctors more frequently, Ramon L. Jimenez from the Monterey Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Institute and his team demonstrate that socioeconomically ...
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Feb 27, 2012 |
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Psychologists analyze development of prejudices within children
Girls are not as good at playing football as boys, and they do not have a clue about cars. Instead they know better how to dance and do not get into mischief as often as boys. Prejudices like these are cultivated from early ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Study shows the rights of people with disabilities are not being promoted
Historic legal rulings did not protect the rights of persons with disabilities, while legal rulings concerned with race or gender provided much more protection of individual rights and freedoms according to the Canadian Charter ...
Health
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Sitting it out
Youngsters in Norway today are not as fit as earlier generations, and even the best perform less well. Researchers now warn that a wave of inactivity could have a major long-term health impact.
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Jan 19, 2012 |
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Scientists: They are surprisingly normal
(Medical Xpress) -- A multi-media production with a musical narrative set in the day room of a psychiatric hospital, Inside a Quiet Mind brought together Cambridge Neuroscientists and mental health service ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Research states that prejudice comes from a basic human need and way of thinking
(Medical Xpress) -- Where does prejudice come from? Not from ideology, say the authors of a new paper. Instead, prejudice stems from a deeper psychological need, associated with a particular way of thinking. People who aren’t ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 20, 2011 |
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A vaccination against social prejudice
Evolutionary psychologists suspect that prejudice is rooted in survival: Our distant ancestors had to avoid outsiders who might have carried disease. Research still shows that when people feel vulnerable to illness, they ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Fighting prejudice through imitation
New research shows that you can reduce racial prejudice simply by having a person mimic the movements of a member of the race he or she is prejudiced against. The method may work by activating brain mechanisms that contribute ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Mothers are the most responsible in transferring of sexist attitudes
A study at the University of the Basque Country reveals a link between the sexist attitudes of mothers and that of her sons and daughters. Published this month in the magazine Psicothema, the results also l ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 30, 2011 |
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Confronting homophobia in South Africa
"Being gay is not a sickness or a choice." This is just one of the uncompromising messages in a bold poster campaign being rolled out by the newly launched Ukwazana Programme which works in the sprawling townships ...
HIV & AIDS
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Stereotypes and status symbols impact if a face is viewed as black or white
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Tufts University, Stanford University and the University of California, Irvine has found that the perception of race can be altered by cues to social status as ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Prejudice
Prejudice (or foredeeming) is making a judgment or assumption about someone or something before having enough knowledge to be able to do so with guaranteed accuracy, or "judging a book by its cover". The word prejudice is most often used to refer to preconceived judgments toward people or a person because of race, social class, ethnicity, age, disability, obesity, religion, sexual orientation, or other personal characteristics. It also means beliefs without knowledge of the facts and may include "any unreasonable attitude that is unusually resistant to rational influence."
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