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University of Washington · Psychology

1.6% of University of Washington's Psychology course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Psychology departments, it is 2.5%.

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University of Washington: 1.6% Psychology at all 100 schools: 2.5% each other school in the comparison

Where Psychology courses fall

0%Far left92–100
25%Left75–91
75%Center-left59–74
0%Center42–58
0%Center-right26–41
0%Right9–25
0%Far right0–8
4 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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FramingSubject

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

PSYCH 554 · Racism in Neuroscience78

Psychology

Explores how power, colonization, and racism influence our conceptualization of neuroscience as an enterprise of knowledge production. Investigates topics such as eugenics, medical racism, contemporary diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)…

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PSYCH 439 · Psychology of Health Disparities67

Psychology

SSc, DIV In the United States, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and other identities and experiences affect risk for a range of health outcomes. Reviews psychological research on the sources of these disparities and potential…

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PSYCAP 528 · Multicultural Issues in Counseling Settings: Children, Adolescents and63

Psychology

Families (1/2, max. 5) Key principles, theories, and applications of multiculturalism in counseling contexts. Examines several aspects of various cultural experiences as they impact the client, counselor, and the counselor-client relationship.

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Furthest-right subjects

None. University of Washington Psychology has 4 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
NameMetricValue95% intervalnscored
University of Washington · Psychologybias_left_share1.6—187—
Psychologybias_left_share2.52.2 – 2.89,330—
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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