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Psychology News Roundup: ICYMI January 11, 2019

Welcome 2019. We're back with our weekly roundup of news, blogs, and tweets. Recently in the news, written a post, or have selections you'd like us to consider? Email us, use the hashtag #SPSPblog, or tweet us directly @spspnews.

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Psychology News Roundup: ICYMI November 16, 2018

From stress to lying to empathy, check out this week's posts and news stories.

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Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI October 26, 2018

In the news this week, a look at machine intelligence making moral decisions. See what else you may have missed online.

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Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI September 14, 2018

This week saw the passing of two greats in the field: John Darley and Walter Mischel. See what else you may have missed online.

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What Happens When We Give Everything a Gender

A few years ago, I had my first conflict with a colleague. It seemed trivial: we were arguing over toys. While it may have seemed like we were acting like the children who play with them, the conversation was much bigger than toys. It was about gender bias and inequality.

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How Do Americans Really Feel About Interracial Couples?

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According to the most recent U.S. census, approximately 15 percent of all newlywed couples are interracial. More interracial relationships are also appearing in the media – on television, in film and in advertising. These trends suggest that great strides have been made in the roughly 50 years since the Supreme Court struck down anti-miscegenation laws.

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Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI March 9, 2017

We're here with another weekly roundup. Recently in the news, written a post, or have selections you'd like us to consider? Email us, use the hashtag #SPSPblog, or tweet us directly @spspnews.

Remembering John Cacioppo, 1951-2018 via APS Monitor

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Gendered Beliefs May Make People Assume Sexual Consent

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The sexual double standard (SDS) is a belief that access to sexuality varies by gender. According to SDS, women are expected to be passive “gatekeepers” of sexual activity; men the “initiators.” Women are socially punished for having sex; men are rewarded. In a set of two experiments, Dr. Yuliana Zaikman examined how these gendered stereotypes might influence the way people think about sexual consent.

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Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI December 22, 2017

Our final roundup of the year. We hope everyone has a healthy, happy, winter break. We will return in 2018.

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In Case You Missed it March 17 2017

In Case You Missed it

3.17.2017

Each week, we'll recap featured posts from Character & Context and other blogs around the cyberspace, plus a few news stories and tweets that might be worth a look. If you have an item you'd like us to consider, use the hashtag #SPSPblog or tweet us directly @spspnews.

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