<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/westmont-news/talk-examines-self-affirmation-prejudice.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>08/30/2016</pubDate><title>Talk Examines Self-Affirmation, Prejudice</title><excerpt>David Sherman, professor of psychological and brain sciences at UC Santa Barbara, explores how self-affirmation, the act of reflecting upon core values, can reduce prejudicial behaviors and mitigate their effect Friday, Sept. 9, at 3:30 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont. The Natural and Behavioral Sciences Lecture, “Threats and Affirmations: The Interplay of Self and Social Identity,” is free and open to the public.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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