Two social psychologists explain the ways unconscious biases influence how people think and can fuel discrimination against transgender people and other minority groups.
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Anthropology and Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut
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Associate Professor of Psychology, George Mason University
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NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Penn State
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Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Associate Research Professor of Social Psychology, Louisiana State University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Fort Lewis College
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Ph.D. Student in Psychology, Iowa State University
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Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University