Long-standing social problems such as poor achievement, personal and intergroup conflict,
bad health, and unhappiness can seem like permanent features of the social landscape. We …

In social psychology, stereotypes have generally been viewed as overgeneralized beliefs
about social groups in society. Although stereotypes—especially those that are negative …

Cultural research can help to identify strengths of cultural communities that are often viewed
through a deficit model. Strengths-based approaches open researchers, practitioners, and …

A lack of interpretive power (ie, the ability to understand individuals' experiences and
behaviors in relation to their cultural contexts) undermines psychology's understanding of …

Often referred to as the great equalizer, higher education is thought to be a neutral setting
where all students, regardless of background, can succeed. Refuting this claim, scholars …

BACKGROUND Mindset research grew out of two lines of previous research: learned
helplessness (Seligman & Maier, 1967) and attribution theory (Weiner & Kukla, 1970). The …

Race science attributes differences in human populations to biology and genetics that reflect
a hierarchy of human races with whiteness at its pinnacle. This article examining the history …

Research with Indigenous communities has demonstrated the detrimental impacts of
intergenerational trauma and disproportionate adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on …

Few studies have focused on off‐reserve Indigenous children and families. This nationally
representative, cross‐sectional study (data collected from 2006 to 2007) examined …

Social psychological theorizing on prejudice and discrimination, which largely focuses on
tangible or verifiable content of people's thoughts, feelings, and actions toward a group …