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Miami University: Intergroup Bias in American Culture

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This article examines intergroup bias in American culture. They discuss the levels of bias and try to explain why it happens. At the bottom of the page there are links to different places where bias takes place (political, academic, and...
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Optimistic Bias in Perceiving Physical and Mental Health

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This article looks at the tendency to view oneself as invulnerable to experience negative life events. They suggest this goes hand in hand with the tendency to overestimate one's probability of experiencing postive life events. (Miami...
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History Matters: "The World Was at Stake"

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The House Un-American Activities Committee, a Congressional committee, sought to find Communist activity in the film industry. Read the transcript from hearings questioning Jack Warner, head of Warner Brothers film company, Louis B....
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New Perspectives on the West: The Pueblo Revolt

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From the PBS series "The West," comes this letter from Don Antonio de Otermin, the governor of New Mexico during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. This unique first hand account does come with a certain amount of bias, as it was written by one...

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