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This Week in Sociological Perspective, audio
Economists talk money. Politicians talk government. On This Week in Sociological Perspective we talk money, politics, and everything else that makes the world go ‘round, offering insight on society, public affairs, and news of the week. Guest authors join your host, UC-Berkeley Professor Samuel Roundfield Lucas, to transcend the headlines through fascinating research in sociology.
 

Dec 17, 2020

This week we consider how people select their health insurance when faced with several options. And, I recently spoke with Professor Lance Hannon of Villanova University about his recent paper titled “Do White People See Variation in Black Skin Tones? Reexamining a Purported Outgroup Homogeneity Effect.” The paper is to be published in Social Psychology Quarterly, and is co-authored by Verna M. Keith, Robert DeFina, and Mary E. Campbell.

Segment 1 -- Lance Hannon on “Do White People See Variation in Black Skin Tones? Reexamining a Purported Outgroup Homogeneity Effect.”

Segment 2 –Choice overload in health insurance plan selection, and possible responses