Sentences with phrase «study of prejudice»

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Similarly, other religious traditions should be studied critically, but with no prejudice against them because of unfamiliar features of their thought or practice.

Some of our earlier studies have shown that the persons who most need their prejudices shaken are often the ones most likely to be in church on Sunday morning.

What is the point of scientific studies that reinforce prejudices (i.e. pre-judgments) based on life experience?

The original review found that its conclusions held «regardless of when the studies were conducted, from whom the data came, the region where the data were collected, or the type of prejudice studied.»

Consideration of examples such as this may help to dispel the prejudice against the study of manners within the formal curriculum, by showing that people in other well - developed and successful cultures have considered the refinement of interpersonal relationships the central objective of education.

The study of the structures of religious groups should be carried on without prejudice in favor of one or the other principle of organization, e.g., the charismatic as against the hierarchical, or vice versa — and application of the general methodological requirement discussed above.

To be sure, even here we are hindered by widespread prejudices when we want to bring our friends to the study of Mahayana Buddhism.

A study of the psychology of prejudice, reported in The Authoritarian Personality, (T. W. Adorno, et al. (New York: Harper 8c Row, 1950) showed that prejudice is often associated with personality distortions.

«This study suffers from the same negative stereotypes about atheists that most of society has, and it has simply reinforced that prejudice with more muddled thinking.»

Consider how Martin Buber's studies of Hasidism evoked rather good feelings from well - educated, middle - class Jews toward the Hasidic tradition (relieving the prejudice that the Haskalah, or Jewish Enlightenment, had raised against the Hasidim) Consider also that very few of these folk seriously contemplated taking up a Hasidic lifestyle.

A more balanced and realistic approach is found in another study, titled The Prejudice against Homosexuals and the Ministry of the Church, published by the Washington State Catholic Conference in 1983.

The mechanisms of stereotyping distorted the objective world, and the doctrines of racism were seen as «bad science» because so many studies — of IQ testing, of genetics, of reality - distortion — showed racial prejudice to be invalid.

Modern prejudices are combatted through the study of the great works of authors, musicians, artists, and thinkers that have stood the test of time — and have proved that history, tradition, and mastery of grammar and writing have real and inherent value.

This study, in which scholars of greatest stature participated — men like Friedrich Max Müller, Nathan Söderblom, Rudolf Otto, Tor Andrae, Alfred Loisy, Gerardus van der Leeuw, Raffaele Pettazzoni — has given us a host of insights by which centuries - old prejudices have been removed.

As reported by Reuters, Dr. William Copeland, a psychiatry researcher at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, USA, stated that: «This study is about righting a longstanding error and prejudice about the differences between these common childhood adversities,» adding: «It suggests that whether we are talking about prevention, screening or treatment, our notions of childhood mistreatment need to be broader and more holistic than they have been.

«Our finding that news reporting on obesity as a public health crisis brought on by bad personal choices can worsen anti-fat prejudice and increase people's willingness to charge obese men and women more for insurance» said David Frederick, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at Chapman University and lead author on the study.

Those prejudices keep alive indefinitely a variety of contradictory ideologies and «isms» that normally do not even arise in the study of the physical world.

Sanchez became interested in investigating prejudice transfer after noticing that most studies typically examine the effects of prejudice (e.g., sexism) on the targeted group (e.g., women):

«Our findings show that terrorism shifts public attitudes towards greater loyalty to the in - group, less concern with fairness, and greater prejudice against Muslims and immigrants, but it seems that this effect is stronger on those who are politically left - leaning than those who are right - leaning,» explain psychological scientists from the Center for the Study of Group Processes at the University of Kent.

In a recent study, psychologists show that low cognitive ability (i.e., intelligence, verbal ability) was not a consistent predictor of prejudice.

Ageist stereotypes fluctuated with the ages of the youths studied, with 7 - to 9 - year - olds expressing the most prejudice and 10 - to 12 - year - olds expressing the least, the study found.

David Schneider, a psychologist at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and a specialist in stereotyping, calls the study «an excellent piece of work that not only speaks to a possibly important environmental cause, but also supports a major potential theoretical explanation for some forms of prejudice.»

«There has been a lot of prejudice that people are not that influenced by olfactory stimuli, especially compared to other mammals,» says Lilianne Mujica - Parodi, who studies the neurobiology of human stress at Stony Brook...

With ageism, prejudice seemed to reappear when the participants in this study reached their teen years: 13 - to 16 - year - olds also had high levels of ageism.

A significant strength of the study was the ability to document the associations between prejudice and mortality at the community level.

«By analyzing different types of social media, search terms, or even blogs, we are able to capture people's thinking, communication patterns, health, beliefs, prejudices, group behaviors — essentially everything that has ever been studied in social and personality psychology,» says James Pennebaker, president of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), which is kicking off its annual conference today in Austin.

By the end of the study, 92 % of LGB respondents living in low - prejudice communities were still alive; in contrast, only 78 % of the LGB respondents living in high - prejudice communities were still alive.

The Harvard Intergroup Neuroscience Lab uses social psychological and cognitive neuroscience approaches to study how group membership and prejudice change the course of social cognition.

Even so, the study findings suggest that racial differences and prejudice could play a role in some doctor - patient interactions, especially in the treatment of pain or chronic pain.

PRESS RELEASE - Jan 26 - A study by sociologist Kevin Lewis of the interaction patterns of 126,134 U.S. users of OkCupid.com suggests that racial prejudice can be overcome, but we have a long way to go.

She attended Windlesham School and Brighton College and had been planning to study at Nottingham University when she was cast as Georgina Darcy in Joe Wright's film adaptation of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005).

A Fantastic Woman is a moving study of grief and inner strength, as a transsexual woman has to cope with grief at the loss of her lover in the face of social prejudice and family disapproval, something she does with quiet but persistent dignity and grace.

«A Fantastic Woman» is a sharp, angular study of transgender prejudice.

This assembly begins with a thought provoking exploration of our hidden prejudices before outlining key case studies for students to reflect upon.

Hi colleagues this for the GCSE Religious Studies AQA SPEC B Religion and Life Issues Unit 2 and focusses on the topic of Religion and Prejudice.

For AQA Religious Studies B Religion and Morality: Elderly and Death, Matters of Life, Drug Abuse and Crime and Punishment Religion and Life Issues: Animal Rights, War and Peace, Early Life and Prejudice

31 Units of PSHE Lessons - suitable for all year groups Differentiated learning objectives Worksheets (differentiated) Clips included if appropriate Engaging activities The following units are covered; Alcohol Aspiration Body image and eating disorders Bullying or banter Drugs - Class A, B and C Drugs and the law Employment and careers Enterprise and entrepreneurs FGM and sexual health Finance Friendship Healthy living and eating LGBT and homophobia Mental health Mindfulness Money New Years Resolutions Online grooming and internet safety Peer pressure Personal development and self discipline Personal hygiene Politics Racism - stereotypes and diversity Resilience Revision and exam study skills Rights and responsibilies Safe students Self - esteem Sex and relationships Sexism, gender stereotypes and prejudice

This study examines the associations among a multicultural teacher culture, pupils» perceptions of teachers» multicultural educational practices, and the ethnic prejudice of Flemish secondary - school pupils.

A term module of study material which covers the following: Developing interpretation and presentation skills - Vocal Elements in Drama (Pitch, Pace, Pause, Tone etc) and Non-verbal Elements in Drama (Stance, Posture, Gestures etc.) Interpretation and Presentation of Poetry - Poetic Devices (Alliteration, Assonance etc) Stereotyping and Exploring Discrimination and Prejudice - Stock Characters and Stereotypes, Commedia dell «Arte Aligned to the South African Creative Arts Curriculum for Grade 9 Term 2

Through rigorous historical analysis combined with the study of human behavior, Facing History's approach heightens students» understanding of racism, religious intolerance, and prejudice; increases students» ability to relate history to their own lives; and promotes greater understanding of their roles and responsibilities in a democracy.

Through opportunities to study the lives, cultures, values and beliefs of people in different places, students learn to appreciate and interpret different perspectives and to challenge stereotypical or prejudiced representations of social and cultural groups where they exist.

Students study the vibrant culture of the Jews who lived in the shtetls in eastern Europe, while also deepening their understanding of prejudice toward minority groups.

Racial integration, ethnic diversity, and prejudice: empirical evidence from a study of the British National Party

She has been a visiting scholar at the National Center for Peace and Conflict Studies (New Zealand), the Kurt Lewin Institute (Netherlands), the Marburg Center for Conflict Studies (Germany), the Center for the Study of Conflict and Social Cohesion (Chile), and the International Graduate College on Conflict and Cooperation (Germany, UK, Belgium), where she has delivered lectures and taught workshops on prejudice reduction and intervention.

An examination of the top ten most popular authors in the corpus, and case studies of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and William Shakespeare's Hamlet, demonstrate variation in highlighting practice as readers are choosing to shorten famous commonplaces in order to change their context for an audience that extends beyond the original reader.

A visit to the Battery Park Aquarium inspires Eugenie Clark to spend her life studying sharks, pursuing revolutionary science in the face of prejudice.

With rooms devoted to the study of twins, phrenology, brain imagining, race, prejudice and acting, it is a comprehensive if offbeat study of just who we think we are.

However, I confess I generally value logically derived, intellectually disciplined opinions produced through a dedicated lifetime of training, thought and study more highly than opinions and screeds generated by blind prejudice (which scientists might have in plenty), warped upbringing (again, not claiming scientists don't suffer this too), and irrationality (a trifecta).

In this framework, a research finding is less likely to be true when the studies conducted in a field are smaller; when effect sizes are smaller; when there is a greater number and lesser preselection of tested relationships; where there is greater flexibility in designs, definitions, outcomes, and analytical modes; when there is greater financial and other interest and prejudice; and when more teams are involved in a scientific field in chase of statistical significance.

Anthropologists and sociologists recognised long ago that culture is seen through culture, and that it is therefore easy for the observer to mistake his own prejudices for the objects of his study.