Women are underrepresented in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics) careers, and this poses new challenges at the dawn of the era of digital …

Research in social psychology has provided impressive evidence that intergroup contact
reduces prejudice. However, to the extent that strategies based on direct contact are …

The authors reviewed the literature on the meaning and experience of friendship for
members of underrepresented groups (sexual orientation and gender diversity, race and …

Three experiments integrated several theories in psychology and sociology to identify the
conditions under which multiculturalism has positive versus negative effects on majority …

Inquiry into the written narrative's effect on social cognition is normally left to literary scholars
and philosophers. Two experiments demonstrated narrative fiction's power to elicit empathy …

This paper identifies a gap in the team science literature that considers intrapersonal
indicators of collaboration as motivations and threats to participating in collaborative …

This study investigates the impact of social interaction anxiety on compulsive social media
usage. To provide insights into the gaps in previous research, the authors identify the …

Although the effects of direct and indirect forms of contact on intergroup relations are well
documented, little is known about their longitudinal co-development. Based on the social …

In two experiments, ostracized individuals showed more pronounced categorical perception
of inclusion-and exclusion-related stimuli. Specifically, ostracism enhanced the ability to …

Racial essentialism refers to the widely held belief that race is a biological, stable, and
natural category. Although research finds very little evidence that race has biological …