Melissa Anoble

Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination: How We Can Use Psychology to Reduce Discrimination

ABSTRACT

Keywords: stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination, in-group bias, dual processing theories, social norms


PSYCHOLOGICAL & BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES

Received: July 29, 2022
Revision recieved: August 19, 2022
Accepted: August 30, 2022
Published: October 4, 2022

STEREOTYPE VERSUS PREJUDICE VERSUS DISCRIMINATION

PREJUDICE CAN LEAD TO DISCRIMINATION

HOW CAN WE REDUCE PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION?

CONCLUSION

INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMENTARY

MEDIA STUDIES & PSYCHOLOGY

From All in the Family to Will & Grace: What psychology can teach us about fighting prejudice through the media
Liam McClain
Downing College, University of Cambridge

As Anoble explains, psychology has provided the world with much knowledge on how to effectively reduce prejudice, but putting these lessons into practice in the real world is never as easy as it is in the lab. In this commentary, I will explore how if entertainers continue to increase diversity in the media and humorously subvert prejudiced views, the ordinary individuals who consume this content can reduce their prejudices. 


NATURAL SCIENCES

The Scientist Stereotype: How influences in the early stages of a child’s development can affect their attitudes towards science
Melissa Whittlestone
Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge

The Scientist Stereotype is a view of the “typical” scientist that has been introduced throughout history and reinforced partly by Hollywood interpretations. There have been a number of studies that have attempted to investigate the abundance of this stereotype in primary school children, and how this may have changed. I will discuss how these studies have shown the effect of introducing a National Curriculum for science in England on the stereotypes that may be believed by children and, more recently, the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the preconceptions that children in Northern Spain hold. I will then explain the importance of dispelling these stereotypes if we are to remove the barriers to a career within the scientific community for the groups that do not identify with this stereotype in order to produce a diverse and talented community of scientists. 


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