Tag: Jamin Halberstadt

Easy on the eyes, or hard to categorize: Classification decreases the appeal of facial blends

2013-08-26

Easy on the eyes, or hard to categorize: Classification decreases the appeal of facial blends Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Available online 2013-08-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.08.004 Jamin Halberstadt, Professor of Psychology University of Otago, New Zealand Piotr Winkielman, Professor of Psychology University of California, San Diego Social information processing often involves categorization. When such categorization is…
Why Barack Obama Is Black: A Cognitive Account of Hypodescent

2011-01-13

Why Barack Obama Is Black: A Cognitive Account of Hypodescent Psychological Science Volume 22, Number 1 (January 2011) pages 29-33 DOI: 10.1177/0956797610390383 Jamin Halberstadt, Associate Professor of Psychology University of Otago Steven J. Sherman, Chancellor’s Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences Indiana University, Bloomington Jeffrey W. Sherman, Professor of Psychology University of California, Davis We…
New research explains why we see Barack Obama as “black” rather than “white”

2010-11-26

New research explains why we see Barack Obama as “black” rather than “white” News of Otago University of Otago, New Zealand 2010-11-25 Why do people tend to see biracial individuals such as Barack Obama as belonging to the minority group in their parentage rather than the majority one? According to new studies led by a…

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