Researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Bern in Switzerland have conducted the first cross-temporal, ...

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 ...

A stereotype is defined as “a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment,” ...

"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 ...

Walk into any tech company or university math department, and you'll likely see a gender disparity: Fewer women than men seem to go into fields involving science, engineering, technology and ...

A new study published in The Journal of Social Psychology has found that White Americans tend to perform worse on tasks requiring rhythmic ability when reminded of the stereotype that they “have no ...

It is a common stereotype that autistic people do not have empathy. This stereotype is false and not backed up by the latest ...

Stereotype threat is one of the most famous and influential phenomena in all of psychology. The famous paper (Steele & Aronson, 1995) unveiling the phenomenon has been cited over 5000 times, according ...

This piece is from our series, Hair Story. We interview an array of women from different walks of life to discover what their hair means to them. From photographing non-binary people who challenge ...

Oscar Isaac has made it a point to avoid being typecast in stereotypical roles. The actor, who’s of Colombian and Guatemalan background, has gone through great lengths to make sure his ethnicity doesn ...