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Nov 15, 2023 · n. the social construction and categorization of people based on perceived shared physical traits that result in the maintenance of a sociopolitical hierarchy. The term is also loosely applied to geographic, cultural, religious, or national groups. The significance often accorded to racial categories might suggest that such groups are ...
- Race and ethnicity - American Psychological Association (APA)
Race is a socially defined concept sometimes used to...
- APA GUIDELINES on Race and Ethnicity in Psychology
APA | Race and Ethnicity Guidelines in Psychology 5. Terms...
- New guidance on race and ethnicity for psychologists
The guidelines also focus on developing psychologists’...
- Race and ethnicity - American Psychological Association (APA)
Feb 12, 2024 · The psychological study of racism can be summed up in one word: evolving. How society thinks about race and racism has changed and with it, the psychological discourse has changed as well. Many Americans, particularly White Americans, were complacent going into the year 2020. When the coronavirus pandemic started, the complacency started to ...
Race and Ethnicity. Humans are far more similar than they are different, and more interconnected than most individuals realize. At the genetic level, any two people are more than 99 percent the ...
Within psychology, race is generally accepted as a social construct that is shaped by power structures and prevailing norms; yet historically, the field included an essentialist view of race interpreting racial differences as fixed. Research suggests that there is more genetic variation within groups than across groups, leaving the argument ...