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In press at PNAS: Transmission of societal stereotypes to individual-level prejudice through instrumental learning

October 30, 2024

We find that mere exposure to societal stereotypes about a group can become internalized as an individual’s own prejudice—an effect involving the implicit influence of stereotype knowledge on interaction-based learning of group members, via instrumental learning. Read the preprint! In press at PNAS: Transmission of societal stereotypes to individual-level prejudice through instrumental learning

David Amodio receives 2024 SESP Trajectory Award!

October 30, 2024

At the 2024 SESP meeting in Santa Fe, Prof. Amodio received the Career Trajectory Award, which recognizes contributions of midcareer scholars in social psychology. David Amodio receives 2024 SESP Trajectory Award!

New work on the social learning of prejudice in Science Advances!

October 30, 2024

Using experimental and computational methods, we show how people can acquire another person’s prejudiced beliefs merely by observing that person’s interactions with group members. Read paper here! New work on the social learning of prejudice in Science Advances!

New paper from the lab!

September 10, 2024

We show that merely viewing a prejudiced person’s intergroup behavior induces bias in observers—a novel learning mechanism for prejudice formation and propagation https://science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk2030 New paper from the lab!

Amodio Lab Launches New Website

April 26, 2019

Amodio Lab is excited to unveil our new website – AmodioLab.org. The website provides an overview of our research, the people that make up the lab and the opportunities that are available at the lab. It also includes publications and resources. Stay up-to-date on all of our activities at AmodioLab.org. Amodio Lab Launches New Website