Humans have a deep-seated tendency to categorize others into “us” and “them,” a process that occurs within fractions of a second. The study demonstrated that feedback monitored in the presence of an ...

Humans tend to form groups, which often find themselves in conflict with rival groups. But why do people show such a ready tendency to harm people in opposing groups? A new study led by researchers at ...

Social psychologists have known for decades that working cooperatively with members of different social groups can reduce prejudice and intergroup conflict. In the classic Robbers Cave study, two ...

A quirk in how the brain processes faces makes it harder to tell members of a racial outgroup apart, according to new research. A quirk in how the brain processes faces makes it harder to tell members ...

Ed Yong, who among other things is an oxytocin-news watchdog of late, highlights yet another study showing that oxytocin, sometimes typecast as the "love hormone," carries a dark side. In case, the ...

So here is a brief activity. Conjure up two general groups of people: Readers of Psychology Today Truck drivers Note that, of course, these are not discrete categories—there are probably many truck ...

There is a long line of research showing that when we make contact with people who are socially different than us, we tend to feel less prejudice towards them. This is known as “the contact hypothesis ...

In the United States, political polarization seems to be at an all-time high these days. Some Americans even have trouble seeing political opponents as human beings, worthy of care and concern. This ...

RICHMOND, Va. (June 16, 2022) — Humans tend to form groups, which often find themselves in conflict with rival groups. But why do people show such a ready tendency to harm people in opposing groups? A ...