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Washington University in St. Louis · Psychology

3.1% of Washington University in St. Louis's Psychology course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Psychology departments, it is 2.5%.

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Washington University in St. Louis: 3.1% Psychology at all 100 schools: 2.5% each other school in the comparison

Where Psychology courses fall

0%Far left92–100

33%Left75–91

67%Center-left59–74

0%Center42–58

0%Center-right26–41

0%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

3 plotted courses (the ones with a political subject). 100 = far left, 50 = the average American, 0 = far right. Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes.

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Framing Subject

Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes. A course on slavery or the Holocaust lands far right and a course on Marx or the Soviet Union lands far left, whether the course praises, criticizes or simply describes it.

Furthest-left subjects

L33 386 · Psychology of Black Women83

Psychology

This course is designed to provide a critical analysis of the distinctive experiences of Black women through a psychological lens. We will explore topics relating to Black women's experiences in home, school, and community contexts, such as…

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L33 395 · Prejudice, Stereotyping, & Discrimination67

Psychology

This course will trace prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination from its ordinary origins in social cognition to its most extreme consequences in war and genocide. Topics include prejudice, the causes of stereotyping and discrimination,…

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L33 4592 · Development of Social Cognition (Writing62

Psychology

Intensive) This course explores current hot topicsin social cognitive development. We will study this in children by examining the development of social groups/categories and identity in children, with a focus on language, race, and…

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Furthest-right subjects

None. Washington University in St. Louis Psychology has 3 courses with a left-of-center subject and not one with a right-of-center subject.

Why this number, in plain words

Share of courses described from the left. Percent of all courses in the group whose Framing reading is leftward: the description frames its subject one-sidedly to the left.

Counted: all courses in the group, including N and I. No interval is published for this number.

Readings are of catalog description text, not of teaching, syllabi or individual professors.

Details: exact rows, definitions and method

Name	Metric	Value	95% interval	n	scored
Washington University in St. Louis · Psychology	bias_left_share	3.1	—	64	—
Psychology	bias_left_share	2.5	2.2 – 2.8	9,330	—

Formula: 100 * count(bias_cat = 'L') / n
Interval: Wilson score 95% (wilson_interval)
Model / prompt / snapshot: gpt-5.6-sol · r12 (2026-10-16-le49-r12) · 6df50b10
Metric caveats: Right-framed courses are almost absent (33 of 124,290); this run cannot tell catalog reality from model sensitivity. Compare schools with adjusted_ratio, not this raw share, because department mix differs.

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