Do stereotypes about religious people undermine their performance in certain tests? Studies have found Christians tend to underperform non-Christians when it comes to tests of logical ability. There ...

"Stereotyping is a bad word in our culture," writes Daniel Kahneman, "but in my usage it is neutral." Most of us probably consider stereotyping to be akin to misrepresentation. When we do it, we brand ...

Stereotypes are widespread but fixed ideas about specific groups of people. If the stereotype is negative, research suggests, it may lead us to consciously or subconsciously avoid or limit contact ...

The students had no idea of the real purpose of the study they had volunteered for--it is, after all, standard operating procedure in psychology to keep subjects in the dark on that little point. (If ...

Claude Steele, dean of the School of Education, spoke about the concept of “stereotype threat,” which he developed largely through his own research, at the 79th annual Cubberley Lecture Thursday ...

This post is in response to A Pint of Racism: Ben and Jerry’s Scoops Up Stereotypes By Ravi Chandra M.D., D.F.A.P.A. Everyone knows that stereotypes are inaccurate, especially psychologists: "However, ...

“Our study may be the first to investigate how students’ stereotypical beliefs about the reading ability of boys form what you might call the ‘common stereotype’ of a class, and how this common ...

In this month's Scientific American science writer Ed Yong explores new research on stereotype threat—the fear of confirming derogatory stereotypes about one's social group. Such anxiety can undermine ...

A Southeast Asian restaurant closed down last year after facing false accusations of serving dog meat. The accusations are grounded in the racist stereotype of Asians eating dogs. The restaurant ...

Source: This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID fsac.1a34951. Stereotypes have a bad reputation, and for good reasons.