- Discrimination: What it is and how to cope
For many people, discrimination is an everyday reality Discrimination is the unfair or prejudicial treatment of people and groups based on characteristics such as race, gender, age, or sexual orientation
- Racism, bias, and discrimination
Racism is a form of prejudice that generally includes negative emotional reactions, acceptance of negative stereotypes, and discrimination against individuals Discrimination involves negative, hostile, and injurious treatment of members of rejected groups
- Ageism is one of the last socially acceptable prejudices. Psychologists . . .
Psychologists are examining the age discrimination that pervades American culture and helping people to reimagine healthier relationships with their older selves
- Discussing discrimination
Gwendolyn Keita, PhD, executive director of APA’s Public Interest Directorate discusses how and why to put discrimination on the conversation agenda According to psychological research, talking openly about discrimination may threaten to unmask both conscious and unconscious belief systems about one’s own bias and prejudices
- Exploring the cause and effects of subtle discrimination
A Rice University psychology lab is studying the more elusive forms of discrimination and ways to protect stigmatized groups
- Talking to kids about discrimination
Discussing discrimination can be hard enough for adults Talking to kids about the subject can be especially daunting People can be discriminated against for any number of reasons, including age, gender, weight, religion, income level, disability, sexual orientation, and race or ethnicity According to the 2015 APA Stress in America Survey, most Americans feel they have experienced
- Disability does not discriminate
It's likely that as a psychologist you will encounter people with disabilities in your practice, workplace and classroom People with disabilities constitute one of the largest minority groups in the United States, estimated at approximately 50 million people, or 15-20 percent of the population That percentage is likely to increase with the "graying of America," as the frequency of disability
- Addressing equity and ethics in artificial intelligence
Algorithms and humans both contribute to bias in AI, but AI may also hold the power to correct or reverse inequities among humans
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