Can social–psychological theory provide insight into the extreme racial disparities in school
disciplinary action in the United States? Disciplinary problems carry enormous …

It has long been one of the grand ideas in psychology that people internalize their
relationships with significant others, which influences their experience of subsequent …

Abstract Across two studies (n= 555), we examine the detrimental effects of the “angry black
woman” stereotype in the workplace. Drawing on parallel-constraint-satisfaction theory, we …

Black men tend to be stereotyped as threatening and, as a result, may be disproportionately
targeted by police even when unarmed. Here, we found evidence that biased perceptions of …

On a traditional conception of the human mind, reasoning can be rational or irrational, but
perception cannot. Perception is simply a source of new information, and cannot be …

Suspect Citizens offers the most comprehensive look to date at the most common form of
police-citizen interactions, the routine traffic stop. Throughout the war on crime, police …

This article presents a developmental science approach to changing attitudes and rectifying
prejudice and discrimination. This is crucial because stereotypes and prejudicial attitudes …

Despite increased awareness of a wide range of demographics, existing theory fails to
adequately explain how the stereotypes associated with multiple demographic categories …

Three studies tested basic assumptions derived from a theoretical model based on the
dissociation of automatic and controlled processes involved in prejudice. Study 1 supported …

We have written this book with an eye and ear toward a variety of audiences, ranging from
practitioners and professionals to researchers like ourselves. The vantage point from which …