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Adena Young-Jones on steps of Hill

Reflecting on your sub-conscious prejudices

The IAT identifies preferences you may not know exist.

June 13, 2017 by Strategic Communication

Bullying and diversity are two hot topics, and they relate directly to the research of Dr. Adena Young-Jones, associate professor of psychology at Missouri State. She developed curriculum for a Psychology of Diverse Populations course, which allows students to discover subconscious preferences, evaluating these subtle prejudices so that they may grow past them.

  1. IAT helps with self-reflection


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Filed Under: Discovery, Faculty and Staff Page Tagged With: Adena Young-Jones, faculty, McQueary College of Health and Human Services, Missouri State Journal, Psychology, research

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