The theory of psychological essentialism provides an account of how and why some social groups are represented as if they possessed an inhering, immutable and group-defining 'essence'. Whilst much of ...

Recent debates around transgender people and sexual diversity have been marked by essentialism, a profoundly conservative mindset with deep links to religious and metaphysical dogmatism. It is a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The aim of this article is to explore the various ways in which people represent social groups. The author shows that a prominent role in such ...

New research suggests that racial stereotypes and creativity have more in common than we might think. In an new article, researchers find that racial stereotyping and creative stagnation share a ...

New research suggests that racial stereotypes and creativity have more in common than we might think. In an article published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological ...

A social category is a collection of people who share an important characteristic—Canadians, evangelical Christians, Olympic medalists, college graduates, gun owners, guitar players. You get the ...

There is never an excuse for rape. Although there has been an increase in discussion of rape on college campuses, there is still a tendency among some individuals at universities to blame the victim. ...