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by Shelley Aikman, Ph.D. and Paul Verhaeghen, Ph.D.

How to be better?

LiveScience asked me, and a bunch of other, more interesting psychologists, what New Year's resolutions we should be making, that is, how to fix the things we don't even realize are wrong with us. Here's mine. Read More

Prime and Prejudice: Why We Are All a Little Bit Racist

Everyone, or so the song goes, is a little bit racist. But it may not be entirely your fault, according to research in the latest edition of the British Journal of Social Psychology. In looking for the culprit as to why people tend to display tinges of racism, sexism or ageism, even towards members of their own group, we found that our culture may be partially to blame. Read More

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Shelley Aikman, Ph.D.

Shelley Aikman, Ph.D., is a social psychologist and an associate professor at Gainesville State College.

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Paul Verhaeghen, Ph.D.

Paul Verhaeghen, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology.

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