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How We Judge Children Based on their Faces

Faces of three children
Despite warnings not to judge a book by its cover, we readily do so—even when forming first impressions of children.

Driving Under the Influence of Stereotypes: Stigma Consciousness

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People vary greatly in the degree to which they focus on the possibility of being stereotyped. Such stigma consciousness has consequences that could loom large in people’s daily lives.

Failure of Female Role Models Affects Beliefs about Women More Generally

Illustration of woman falling off pedastal
Role models are not superhuman, and they sometimes fail. Although we might accept their imperfections, we do not expect that other people will treat them the same.

Why People Often Overlook Discrimination against Themselves

Asian brunette woman in a white shirt covering her face with her hand on a black background
People who recognize discrimination as a general social problem often fail to detect and acknowledge discrimination when it is directed at, of all people, themselves.