I've been programmed since birth not to stereotype people. I've been taught in high school, college, Boy Scouts, Church, employee orientations, and by know-it-all student body presidents that ...

Stereotypes are pervasive. Humans tend to see the world in terms of categories. We see a chair, a table, a couch, and we group these items together. The category "furniture" makes our life a bit ...

How can modern parents raise the next generation to be free from corrosive gender and racial stereotypes? By the time children start elementary school, gender and race shape their lives in many ways ...

In the current issue of the influential journal Human Development, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, challenges his colleagues to reconsider popular ideas about the role of ...

I'd like to posit my thoughts on these two words. I often hear people using one for the other as I understand their meanings so I thought I'd get this off my chest. <BR><BR>Generalizing is when you ...

On January 7, 2014, 10:40am Pacific Standard Time, it was warmer in Juneau and Anchorage Alaska then it was in New Brunswick, NJ. According to weather.com the temperature in these cities was 35, 20, ...

I found William Deresiewicz’s recent piece, “Academe’s Divorce From Reality” (The Chronicle Review, November 21), disappointing in its propagation of popular stereotypes and sweeping generalizations.