Tag: prejudice

Study suggests pronounceability of name can affect other people’s impressions

From the University of Melbourne press release: Having a simple, easy-to-pronounce name is more likely to win you friends and favour in the workplace, a study by Dr Simon Laham… Read more »

Study points to possible ways of decoupling prejudice and feelings of vulnerability to disease

From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Evolutionary psychologists suspect that prejudice is rooted in survival: Our distant ancestors had to avoid outsiders who might have carried disease. Research… Read more »