American psychologists

Biological psychologists look at the influence of hormones, genes, the brain and the central nervous system and at the way we think, feel, and act (Johnston, 2006). Eating Disorders sometimes run in families, but no one knows for sure how the disorder develops. Researchers…

African Americans were not always viewed with equal opportunities that they might be able to receive today. Historically, they have experienced a myriad of multicultural and multiethnic challenges, making it difficult to pursue psychology as a traditional practice. For several years, African American psychologists had limited job opportunities and other psychologist often held broad assumptions about African American’s intellectual “deficits". This oppression and dehumanization of African…

How to counsel African American Clients African Americans are one of the most diversified groups of people that make up about 13.6% of the US. Population, totaling over 42 million people (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2010). Many African American families can trace their origins back 200 years to slavery while others identify with places such as the West Indies, South America, and many countries in Africa. The majority of this population resides in the southern states (57%) and slightly more than…

against discriminative behavior. We saw this hypothesis in action during the era of the civil rights movement. It was made illegal for places in America to discriminate against a person based on their race. Places soon became desegregated and African Americans started to become a part of everyday society in…

socioeconomic status, or social class, is defined by how much an individual can access material resources, such as education or income, and how it is relative to others (Krause & Keltner, 2013). As cited in Krause & Keltner (2013), sociologist and social psychologist Emile Durkheim theorized that social class classes represent natural labor division forces where people hold jobs that are similar to their talent and skills. Alarmingly, in the last three decades, the income gap between social…

with drugs and alcohol abuse. They video the boys journey from Baltimore to Africa in a two year time span. This program gives the boys a chance to be successful and not end up like other people in their area, which sixty six percent of the African Americans in Baltimore didn’t graduate from high school. This happens from all of the negative behaviors happening in everyday places. The boys come from different homes, where families are split because of the influence of drugs and alcohol. Their…

Especially towards those whose race is a victim to racism. The young children that are victims to the racism grow up feeling inferior. Psychologist Kenneth Clark and his wife Mamie Clark conduct a doll experiment to study children’s attitude about race. Black children get a white and black doll and then the psychologist asks them which doll is “good,” “bad,” “nice,” and “mean.” The majority of the children associate positive qualities with the white doll and negative qualities…

it has a close and direct relationship with racism, Arab Muslims and African American people to be more specific. An observation says that out of every three African American people, one is expected to go to the prison in his life time. Almost same is the case going on with Arabs, after the September 2011 attacks on the twin towers of America. It raises a serious question. What is the reason of so many African American people involved in the crimes in the Unites States of America, or Arab…

The video by Psychologist, Dr. Keon West explains, “Intergroup Bias”, its consequences that it may cause and what can be done to improve the bias. According to Schaefer (2015), “Do we get along” (p. 45). People may tolerate one another, however people tend to belittle another group, whether it was how they look, culture, and their ethnic background. Dr. West states, “Humans tend to like members of their group more than members of other groups”. People often misjudged knowingly or unknowingly…

event called the Black Doll Affair (BDA). Designed to increase self-esteem in young African American girls, the event showcases black dolls from all over the world. Founder Dana Hill started the organization after watching Oprah’s segment on “self-image” where Kiri Davis discussed her 2005 documentary A Girl Like Me. Kiri reconstructed the iconic 1940s “Doll Test” experiment on twenty-one African American preschoolers in her community. The results were identical to the original study. Most of…