Putting the brakes on prejudice rebound effects: An ironic effect of disparagement humor.

When people high in prejudice censor prejudice in one setting, they can experience a prejudice rebound effect-subsequently responding with more prejudice than otherwise. Disparagement humor fosters the release rather than suppression of prejudice. Thus, two experiments tested the hypothesis that exposure to disparagement humor attenuates rebound effects.

Global gender differences can be operationalized and tested.

Replies to comments by Zuriff (see record 2015-45553-009) on the original article by Zell et al. (see record 2015-00137-002). The authors appreciate the commentary on their report by Zuriff (2015, this issue) and welcome the opportunity to discuss several important issues that he raises.

Evaluating gender similarities and differences using metasynthesis.

Despite the common lay assumption that males and females are profoundly different, Hyde (2005) used data from 46 meta-analyses to demonstrate that males and females are highly similar. Nonetheless, the gender similarities hypothesis has remained controversial. Since Hyde's provocative report, there has been an explosion of meta-analytic interest in psychological gender differences.