There is a substantial body of literature showing that men and women speak differently and
that these differences are endemic to the speech signal. However, the psycholinguistic …

Every person belongs to multiple social categories, such as those based on gender, race, or
ethnicity, yet researchers have traditionally studied beliefs about each of these groups in …

Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination provides a comprehensive and compelling
overview of what psychological theory and research have to say about the nature, causes …

Sexual harassment is pervasive and has adverse effects on its victims, yet perceiving sexual
harassment is wrought with ambiguity, making harassment difficult to identify and …

Social hierarchies are ubiquitous and determine a range of developmental outcomes, yet
little is known about when children develop beliefs about status hierarchies in their …

Children from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds often have more negative self-
views than their peers. How are these self-views shaped by teacher–student interactions in …

Asian Americans are increasingly positioned at the center of current events, yet extant
theories and approaches in social psychology (and social cognition specifically) may not …

Research on the development of social identities in early and middle childhood has largely
focused on gender; increasingly, however, theory and research have addressed the …

Children develop rich concepts of social categories throughout early and middle childhood.
Whereas we know much about the development and consequences of many social …

To make accurate causal inferences about social-group inequalities, people must consider
structural causes. Structural causes are a distinct type of extrinsic cause—they are stable …