Social Cognition Laboratory

(Faculty Investigator: Tracie Stewart)

This laboratory investigates the causes, consequences, and processes associated with stereotyping and prejudice. Our goals are to better understand the mechanisms driving stereotyping and prejudice and to apply this increased understanding to the design of effective prejudice reduction interventions. This research is generally approached from a social cognitive perspective. The laboratory is equipped with six private computer stations for data collection: three computers in each of two lab rooms. The third lab room serves as a “control room” for experimenters and contains a seventh computer, printer, scanner, and digital recording equipment. Additional details about this research program are available on Tracie Stewart’s Faculty Interests page.

Dr. Stewart is an associate professor in the social/cognitive program.