Presented By: Department of Psychology
Social Brown Bag:
Qinggang Yu and Yuyan Han, Social Graduate Students
Qinggang Yu
Title: Racial residential segregation and economic disparity jointly exacerbate the COVID-19 fatality in large American cities
Abstract:
The disproportionately high rates of both infections and deaths of underprivileged racial minorities in the U.S. during the current COVID-19 pandemic show that structural inequality can be lethal. However, the nature of this structural inequality is poorly understood in the context of the current pandemic. Here, we hypothesized that two features of the structural inequality, racial residential segregation and income inequality, contribute to numerous health-compromising conditions, which in turn exacerbate COVID-19 fatalities. These two features are particularly lethal when combined. To test this hypothesis, we examined the growth rate of both confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in an early period of the outbreak in the counties located in each of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. The growth curve for cases and deaths was steeper in counties located in metropolitan areas that residentially segregate Blacks and Hispanics. Moreover, this effect of racial residential segregation was augmented by income inequality within each county. The current evidence highlights the role of racial and economic disparity in producing the devastating human toll of the pandemic. It also offers important policy implications for making virus-resilient cities.
Yuyan Han
Title: Are Experts Aware Of What They Don’t Know?
Subtitle: A meta-calibration study on psychologists
Abstract:
The Confucius said, “When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge.” Experts are usually found having more accurate self-assessment of knowledge compared to the rest. What drives their better calibration? Simply a larger amount of knowledge, or superior meta-knowledge as the Confucius asserted? In the current study, we compared the self-assessment performance between psychologists recruited from the SPSP 2020 Conference and UM undergraduates through Intro Psych Subject Pool on the topic of P value in research.
Title: Racial residential segregation and economic disparity jointly exacerbate the COVID-19 fatality in large American cities
Abstract:
The disproportionately high rates of both infections and deaths of underprivileged racial minorities in the U.S. during the current COVID-19 pandemic show that structural inequality can be lethal. However, the nature of this structural inequality is poorly understood in the context of the current pandemic. Here, we hypothesized that two features of the structural inequality, racial residential segregation and income inequality, contribute to numerous health-compromising conditions, which in turn exacerbate COVID-19 fatalities. These two features are particularly lethal when combined. To test this hypothesis, we examined the growth rate of both confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in an early period of the outbreak in the counties located in each of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. The growth curve for cases and deaths was steeper in counties located in metropolitan areas that residentially segregate Blacks and Hispanics. Moreover, this effect of racial residential segregation was augmented by income inequality within each county. The current evidence highlights the role of racial and economic disparity in producing the devastating human toll of the pandemic. It also offers important policy implications for making virus-resilient cities.
Yuyan Han
Title: Are Experts Aware Of What They Don’t Know?
Subtitle: A meta-calibration study on psychologists
Abstract:
The Confucius said, “When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge.” Experts are usually found having more accurate self-assessment of knowledge compared to the rest. What drives their better calibration? Simply a larger amount of knowledge, or superior meta-knowledge as the Confucius asserted? In the current study, we compared the self-assessment performance between psychologists recruited from the SPSP 2020 Conference and UM undergraduates through Intro Psych Subject Pool on the topic of P value in research.
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