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Shutts Receives Grant to Study Interventions to Reduce Racial Biases in Children
Professor of Psychology Kristin Shutts was recently awarded a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study whether an intervention given by White parents to their kids would help reduce racial …
Siri Carpenter ’95: Psychology Major to Science Journalist
Siri Carpenter ’95 wrote down nearly every word Professor Patricia Devine said during an Introduction to Psychology course she signed up for to fulfill a breadth requirement, even that Professor Devine’s mother was “an intuitive …
SPRING 2019 UNDERGRADUATE DEPTH AND CAPSTONE COURSES
Descriptions of all Spring 2019 Depth and Capstone courses can be found here.
Stereotypes can be self-reinforcing, stubborn even without any supporting evidence
A new study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison shows why letting stereotypes inform our judgments of unfamiliar people can be such a hard habit to break. Stereotypes are self-perpetuating in our minds, growing …
Student Highlight: Sheyenne Tung and Zach Gestrich
The Social and Behavioral Development Lab at the University of Wisconsin–Madison investigates genetic and environmental factors that contribute to individual differences in the development of child ADHD and other externalizing disorders. Two of the lab’s …
Student Spotlight: Abdullah Marei x’23
For as long as he can remember, international student Abdullah Marei has gravitated towards big questions: What are people’s motivations behind what they do? How does someone’s past impact who they are? Now, as a …
Student Spotlight: Ami Lieberman
Like many of her peers, Ami Lieberman’s decision to pursue a psychology degree originated in her high school AP Psychology class. “Learning about people and things that related to my everyday life was really intriguing …
Student Spotlight: Emma Lai
In a season of unknowns, senior Emma Lai is pushing forward. With a triple major in psychology, economics, and religious studies, Emma needed to create a daily routine to maintain her sanity over the past …
Student Spotlight: Eren Fukuda
Graduate student and Tokyo native Eren Fukuda is working on a critically important issue: How can we help young children develop an openness toward and an interest in people who are different from them? The …