Why We Stereotype Strangers
No matter how open-minded we are, we all have unconscious biases, a social psychologist says. Here’s how to deal with them.
The Wall Street Journal
Topics: Bias Social Inequality
Scientists Used AI to Explore the Results of the Implicit Association Test
By trying to understand how machines pick up human bias, we might in turn be able to learn how we acquire those biases ourselves.
Quartz
Topics: Bias Language
Why Being Good-ish Is Better Than Being Good: A Conversation With Dolly Chugh
In her new book, Dolly Chugh explains why it’s essential to act upon your values — and the psychology of how to do it effectively.
Behavioral Scientist
Promoting Dialogue About the Biggest Science and Society Questions
A new guide shares strategies for bringing people together to nurture understanding, respect, and collaboration.
Medium
Topics: Belief Bias Science & Religion Dialogue Values
The Mind Is a Difference-Seeking Machine
Mahzarin Banaji is the co-author of Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People and co-founder of Project Implicit, an organization aimed at educating the public on implicit bias.
On Being
Topics: Bias Social Behavior Social Cognition
Loyal Sports Fans Illustrate an Ancient Human Instinct, Says Psychologist
Yarrow Dunham analyzed studies that examined a variety of human situations involving social groups and the people excluded from them, finding that people consistently show an in-group bias.
Inverse
Topics: Bias Cooperation Group Conflict Tribalism
Differences in Mental Images of Believers and Atheists
Do people spontaneously generate positive mental images of theists and negative mental images of atheists?
Character & Context, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Topics: Atheism Bias Morality Religiosity Trust Will Gervais
Why Do We See So Many Things as ‘Us vs. Them’?
We are wired at birth to favor our own group over others. But science might be able to help us move past what divides us.
National Geographic
Babies Expect People to Be Fair. They Also Expect Them to Be Prejudiced
A group of researchers tested expectations of fairness in 120 children ranging in age from 18 to 30 months old.
Topics: Bias Cognition Fairness Tribalism
Can Children Save Us From the Fake News Epidemic?
Child development research may hold the answer to our brutally partisan deadlock.
THINK, NBC News
Topics: Bias Knowledge Learning Trust
Belief in Our Moral Superiority Is the Most Irrational Self-Enhancing Bias of All
Moral superiority appears to be “a uniquely strong and prevalent form of positive illusion,” Ben Tappin and Ryan McKay write.
British Psychological Society Research Digest
Topics: Bias Morality Rationality
Humans Are Bad at Predicting Futures That Don’t Benefit Them
Unrealistic optimism makes people think bad things are less likely to happen to them than to others, and it hampers their decision-making.
The Atlantic
Topics: Bias Decision-Making Optimism
Science Says Making Better Decisions Starts With This One Fundamental Thing
New research shows wisdom isn't about knowledge. It's about what kind of person you are.
Inc.
Topics: Bias Decision-Making Intellectual Humility Values Wisdom
How Many Atheists Are There?
Three percent of Americans. Or maybe that’s 11 percent. This 11 percent figure may be even way too low. Simply because that figure comes from telephone polls, where people have to tell a stranger they don’t believe in God. And lots of people might not want to do that.
Will Gervais’ Blog
Topics: Atheism Bias Demography Will Gervais
Why We Contradict Ourselves and Confound Each Other
With his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman emerged as one of the most intriguing voices on the complexity of human thought and behavior.
Topics: Belief Bias Cognition Decision-Making Krista Tippett Rationality
The Neuroscience of Why People Won’t Budge on Their Beliefs
If you want someone to see an issue rationally, you just show them the facts, right? No one can refute a fact. Well, brain imaging and psychological studies are showing that, society wide, we may be on the wrong path by holding evidence up as an Ace card.
Big Think
Topics: Belief Bias
We Ignore What Doesn’t Fit With Our Biases — Even If It Costs Us
We tend to pay more attention to information that confirms our own beliefs and biases, and we are prepared to lose money to stick to our guns.
New Scientist
Topics: Bias Decision-Making Learning
Can You Be Good Without God?
New research raises questions about whether or not people can be truly good or truly bad without a belief in religion.
Daily Beast
Topics: Atheism Bias Morality Will Gervais
Why Are People Still Racist? What Science Says About America’s Race Problem
Two psychologists explore the roots of racism.
Speaking of Science, The Washington Post
Topics: Bias Group Conflict Violence
The Serial Killer Test: Biases Against Atheists Emerge in Study
Most people around the world, whether religious or not, presume that serial killers are more likely to be atheists than believers in any god, a new study suggests.
The New York Times
Are Babies Born Biased?
Two new studies add to the evidence that we make the distinction between members of our group and outsiders very early in life.
Pacific Standard
Topics: Bias Cognition Group Conflict Tribalism
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