From Scott Barry Kaufman‘s Huffington Post post (1/9/12): A bulk of research shows that when people are put in situations where they are expected to fail, their performance does plummet. They tu… more →
The Situationistwrote 4 days ago: This week at the NCWIT Summit, I heard Joshua Aronson speak on stereotype threat. I’ve read (a … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Let’s be honest. How many of us here, at one point or another, had made a judgement about a pe … more →
wrote 1 month ago: (source) Exploitation can be beneficial to the exploited, human rights violations can be self-inflic … more →
wrote 6 months ago: What is Race Ticker? Race Ticker is links to the latest news/columns that deal with race or racism. … more →
wrote 7 months ago: The SAT is experiencing an existential crisis. In 1990 the name changed from “Scholastic Aptit … more →
wrote 7 months ago: (source) The effect of language on human rights can be straightforward, as in the case of hate speec … more →
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wrote 9 months ago: (Icon Books 2010) Icon Books hardback (front cover) I was first introduced to this book by Nymeth in … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Is the mainstream media hindering the progress of women to leadership roles? Whilst doing some resea … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Today in my Seminar in School Psychology class we discussed the issue of black cultural learning sty … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Each month this year, AAUW is teaming up with Nature Publishing Group, one of the world’s leading sc … more →
wrote 11 months ago: There is so much policing of women’s bodies. That’s why there is a need for events like … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Women (and minorities) in engineering have to look out for lots of psychological traps that cause th … more →
wrote 1 year ago: From Wikipedia: A stereotype threat is the experience of anxiety or concern in a situation where a p … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The following essay has been cross-posted with permission from its author, our friend at Notes & … more →
wrote 1 year ago: When what you see is what you get: the consequences of the objectifying gaze for women and men From … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Dealing with differences needs to be encouraged gently, whether with ideas or with people. As descri … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Race relations, the dominance of ethnic minorities – especially Blacks – by Whites and the perpetuat … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Ferengi Characters, Star Trek: DS9, "Little Green Men" Episode Screen Shot, January … more →