No matter what social class you come from, it impacts how you show up at work. For instance, depending on your personal circumstances, you would experience a company policy that expects employees to ...
In the 1970s, Pan Am promised it would be "America's airline to the world," whisking travelers away to exotic and glamorous destinations across the globe. Now, Pan Am is no more—and the dream of ...
Understanding the effects of social class on people's attitudes, thoughts, feelings and behaviors could have valuable implications, as it could help to tailor social and behavioral interventions ...
Research published in the Journal of Personality & Social Psychology finds that Americans in lower social class contexts perceive their contributions to society as less significant than those in ...
Diversity is a familiar topic in many college psychology classes. Race, gender, sexual orientation, LGBTQ issues, ethnicity, and disability fall under the heading of diversity. Yet one topic, social ...
Racial and ethnic achievement gaps are already large by the time kids reach elementary school. One explanation for these achievement gaps is the greater likelihood that Black and Hispanic students ...
We regularly interact with people across race and class lines, but those conversations sometimes go wrong. Lower-status people fear facing discrimination; higher-status people fear being accused of ...
Social Security has been one of the most beloved social programs in the history of the United States. As originally designed, the system was bulletproof, with existing workers funding benefits for ...