Discrimination, in its sociological meaning, involves highly complex social processes. The term derives from the Latin discriminatio, which means to perceive distinctions among phenomena or to be selective in one's judgment. Cognitive psychology...
Discrimination Discrimination, in an employment context, can be generally defined as treating an individual or group less well in recruiting, hiring, or any other terms and conditions of employment due to the person's or group's race,...
The decade of the 1990s witnessed acceleration in the convergence of theoretical and experimental studies of discrimination and generalization from the domains of classical conditioning and instrumental (operant) learning. Classical conditioning refers...
Kyra Kyles and Lolita Pierce are employed by the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago as employment testers--individuals who apply for jobs to see whether employers or landlords are discriminating because of race. In this capacity, the two women applied for jobs as receptionists at...
The Jewish Week 07-06-2001 Genetic Discrimination In a recent Saturday radio address, President George W. Bush lent his support to the effort to ban discrimination based on new technologies of genetic testing. That's good news, especially for Jewish women's groups, which have made...
The women at the center of a lawsuit against Bloomberg LP filed a complaint Wednesday alleging that Michael Bloomberg, the city's mayor, has "fostered, condoned and perpetuated" discrimination against female employees at his financial information company.Tanys Lancaster, 38, Jill Patricot, 35, and Janet Loures, 41,...
Three people have sued Liberty National Life Insurance Co. claiming their insurance was canceled or undervalued because of discrimination against Haitian-Americans.The plaintiffs say Liberty National asked leading questions about their foreign travel plans and that underwriters listened for a "Haitian" accent, according to the lawsuit...
“Affirmative action has always been an aberration from [America’s] best principles.The time has come to end it.” —Terry Eastland “If America ends affirmative action before addressing the underlying causes of inequality of...
Examines the effects of prejudice and discrimination in our society. Describes how prejudice and discrimination produce effects in the psychological, social, politcal and economic domains.
Describes discrimination against people with low IQs. Explains how IQ correlates with education and income levels. Compares intelligence-based discrimination to racial and gender based discrimination.
