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Psychology
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Psychology

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HAGMANN, David

Discriminating by Accident

Gender Bias

Psychology

Information

Discrimination

When people try to infer how well someone will do on a task, they often rely on group characteristics. For example, people who graduated from university may be perceived as more conscientious, leading employers to prefer those with degrees even for jobs that do not require specific knowledge related to the degree. In many cases, these inferences are likely ... Read More

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HUANG, Yunhui

SENGUPTA, Jaideep

How Disease Threats Affect Our Shopping Baskets

Consumer Behavior

Disease Cues

Psychology

Typicality

Avoiding disease is essential for survival. Throughout history, deadly infections have forced humans to adapt their ways. One important strategy for protecting ourselves from infection, people avoidance , was recently studied by HKUST’s Professor Jaideep Sengupta and a colleague. Their experiments—carried out before the COVID-19 pandemic—reveal how the ... Read More

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HUANG, Yunhui

SENGUPTA, Jaideep

How Disease Threats Affect Our Shopping Baskets

Consumer Behavior

Disease Cues

Psychology

Typicality

Avoiding disease is essential for survival. Throughout history, deadly infections have forced humans to adapt their ways. One important strategy for protecting ourselves from infection, people avoidance , was recently studied by HKUST’s Professor Jaideep Sengupta and a colleague. Their experiments—carried out before the COVID-19 pandemic—reveal how the ... Read More

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