implicit association test
People with low self-esteem show more signs of prejudice
When people are feeling badly about themselves, they’re more likely to show bias against people who are different. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, examines how that works.
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Language appears to shape our implicit preferences
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 3, 2010 — The language we speak may influence not only our thoughts, but our implicit preferences as well. That’s the finding of a study by psychologists at Harvard University, who found that bilingual individuals’ opinions o…