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 ...

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 ...

Online labels feel clever for a second, then harden into lazy stereotypes that erase context, age nuance, and real behavior ...

As much as annoying uncles and hack comedians love them, stereotypes are generally not based on anything more than anecdotal evidence. However, much like weeds or plastic tossed out in the wild, they ...

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, ...

A dark new show draws attention to one of television's longest-running tropes. But what does the embattled sitcom wife reveal about us, asks Caryn James. At first glance, Kevin Can F*** Himself – as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We’ve all heard them, and we’ve all done it. Even the most politically correct among us has thought at least one of the ...

Aging in later life is often portrayed as a steady slide toward physical and cognitive decline. But a new study by scientists ...