A lesson in bias: The relationship between implicit racial bias and performance in pedagogical contexts

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 50-55

  Jacoby Senghor, Drew S ^a   Sinclair, Stacey ^b   Shelton, J Nicole ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational disparities; Implicit prejudice; Intergroup interaction; Nonverbal behavior

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; RACISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 84949921874     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2015.10.010     Document Type: Article

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