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Tag: Naomi Isenberg

What If Most Americans Are Pro-Diversity After All?

This piece is a preview of a feature in the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Character and Context Blog.  People’s thoughts and actions are often influenced by other people. For example, when a professor asks if anyone has questions during a lecture, and no one raises their hand, students may assume that no one …

Diversity and Inclusion Have Greater Support than Most Americans Think

Scientific Reports (2024) Authors: Naomi Isenberg and Markus Brauer Abstract: In a series of large-scale studies (N = 5,448) we show that Americans across many different demographic categories vastly underestimate their fellow Americans’ support for diversity and inclusion. Trump voters were particularly inaccurate when their task was to estimate prevalent attitudes among Biden voters. Our results …