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  1. Discrimination: What it is and how to cope

    Oct 31, 2019 · For many people, discrimination is an everyday reality. Discrimination is the unfair or prejudicial treatment of people and groups based on characteristics such as race, gender, age, or …

  2. Racism, bias, and discrimination

    Racism is a form of prejudice that generally includes negative emotional reactions, acceptance of negative stereotypes, and discrimination against individuals. Discrimination involves negative, …

  3. Exploring the cause and effects of subtle discrimination

    Oct 1, 2020 · A Rice University psychology lab is studying the more elusive forms of discrimination and ways to protect stigmatized groups.

  4. Discussing discrimination - American Psychological Association (APA)

    Mar 9, 2016 · Gwendolyn Keita, PhD, executive director of APA’s Public Interest Directorate discusses how and why to put discrimination on the conversation agenda. According to psychological research, …

  5. Talking to kids about discrimination

    Mar 9, 2016 · Discussing discrimination can be hard enough for adults. Talking to kids about the subject can be especially daunting. People can be discriminated against for any number of reasons, …

  6. Scientific research illuminating the mental health impacts of racism ...

    Nov 1, 2024 · The researchers then acquired fMRI brain imaging data while the participants viewed faces expressing neutral or negative emotions to assess how the amygdala, a brain area involved in …

  7. Interpreting item statistics

    Dec 14, 2021 · The Pt Biserial (point by serial) is the discrimination score. You can think of a discrimination score as a correlation showing how highly correlated a correct or incorrect answer on …

  8. A brief history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender social …

    Mar 16, 2023 · Most historians agree that there is evidence of homosexual activity and same-sex love, whether such relationships were accepted or persecuted, in every documented culture.

  9. Ageism is one of the last socially acceptable prejudices. Psychologists ...

    Mar 1, 2023 · Ageism is defined as discrimination against older people because of negative and inaccurate stereotypes—and it’s so ingrained in our culture that we often don’t even notice. Most …

  10. Hate crimes are on the rise in the U.S. What are the psychological effects?

    May 18, 2023 · Prejudice and discrimination are typically the foundation of hate-based violence. This type of violence can take the form of verbal violence, which may include degradation, harassment, …