To stereotype a person is to locate him in a category that forbids recognition of his individuality. It gives preference to the fictional over the real, the abstract over the concrete. Hence, it is an ...

Do stereotypes about religious people undermine their performance in certain tests? Studies have found Christians tend to underperform non-Christians when it comes to tests of logical ability. There ...

"Stereotyping is a bad word in our culture," writes Daniel Kahneman, "but in my usage it is neutral." Most of us probably consider stereotyping to be akin to misrepresentation. When we do it, we brand ...

This post is in response to A Pint of Racism: Ben and Jerry’s Scoops Up Stereotypes By Ravi Chandra M.D., D.F.A.P.A. Everyone knows that stereotypes are inaccurate, especially psychologists: "However, ...

Source: This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID fsac.1a34951. Stereotypes have a bad reputation, and for good reasons.

In this month's Scientific American science writer Ed Yong explores new research on stereotype threat—the fear of confirming derogatory stereotypes about one's social group. Such anxiety can undermine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We’ve all heard them, and we’ve all done it. Even the most politically correct among us has thought at least one of the ...

Imagine you get a call one day informing you that you’ve landed the lead role in a world-renowned film franchise. Perhaps that hasn’t happened to you lately, but this is exactly the position that ...

The Facebook advert shows a black teenager verbally harassing a young girl alongside a white friend.