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Williams College · Psychology

7.1% of Williams College's Psychology course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Psychology departments, it is 2.5%.

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Williams College: 7.1% Psychology at all 100 schools: 2.5% each other school in the comparison

Where Psychology courses fall

0%Far left92–100
25%Left75–91
25%Center-left59–74
25%Center42–58
25%Center-right26–41
0%Right9–25
0%Far right0–8
4 plotted courses (the ones with a political framing). 100 = far left, 50 = the average American, 0 = far right.

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Furthest left

PSYC 357 · Clinical Psychology & Social Justice: Centering Marginalized Perspectives83

Psychology

In this course, students will evaluate the critical question of whether and how clinical psychology can address mental health disparities and promote social justice. Students will gain a substantive understanding of research and theory…

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PSYC 406 · Are there any universal psychological phenomena?72

Psychology

In this course, we will critically examine the ways culture, identities, power, systems, and privilege have shaped our understanding of human behavior as well as the consequences for policy, education, intervention, and prevention. Students…

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PSYC 346 · Environmental Psychology58

Psychology

Cross-listings: ENVI 346 Primary Cross-listing This is a course on contemporary social psychology as it pertains to the natural environment. Our two primary questions in this course are: (1) how can research and theory in social psychology…

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Furthest right

PSYC 26 · Charter Schools: Designing Innovative Public School Models to Meet Community Needs40

Psychology

Charter schools have provided the opportunity to create new and innovative school designs responsive to local needs and community assets, culture, industry and interests. Using the public charter school framework, students will learn what…

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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
Williams College · Psychologybias_left_share7.1—42—
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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