Exposure to derogatory language about immigrants and minority groups leads to political
radicalization and deteriorates intergroup relations. This article addresses the psychological …

Stereotypes about people are widespread and play a crucial role in social perception and
interaction. An important question is how stereotypic expectancies about social categories …

Social cognition is meant to examine the process of meaningful social interaction. Despite
the central involvement of language in this process, language has not received the focal …

When should you engage with difficult arguments against your cherished controversial
beliefs? The primary conclusion of this book is that your obligations to engage with …

Abstract Six studies (N= 491) investigated the inductive potential of nouns versus adjectives
in person perception. In the first 5 studies, targets were either described by an adjective (eg …

When a person's language appears to be political—such as being politically correct or
incorrect—it can influence fundamental impressions of him or her. Political correctness is …

In this paper, I develop an essentialist model of the semantics of slurs. I defend the view that
slurs are a species of kind terms: Slur concepts encode mini-theories which represent an …

This research investigated the behavioural consequences of homophobic epithets. After
exposure to either a category or a homophobic label, heterosexual participants allocated …

One of the most recent uses of the term gay is to refer to things as negative in general,
detached from explicit reference to gay individuals. Research has shown that exposure to …

This cross-sectional research investigates the individual (ie, sexual prejudice, contact with
lesbian and gay [LG] people, and perceived seriousness of homophobic epithets) and …