Dealing with differences
Subtitle: an introduction to the social psychology of prejudice
By: Edward E. Sampson.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace College Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Fort Worth, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Social psychology.; Prejudices.; Intergroup relations.; Race relations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-273) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction, definitions and overview: Defining prejudice; Differences and prejudice; title: Explaining prejudice, characteristics of the targeted groups: Religion and folklore explain group differences; Science explains group differences I, preliminary considerations; Science explains group differences II, the I.Q. debates and other recent issues; title: Explaining prejudice, characteristics of the prejudiced person: Personality and prejudice, authoritarianism and its current legacy; Values and prejudice; Cognition and prejudice I, categorization and stereotyping; Cognition and prejudice II, stereotypes, social interaction, and change; title: Explaining prejudice, intergroup relations: Interpersonal and intergroup relations, friends or categories; Intergroup effects, in-groups and out-groups; Theories of intergroup relations, implications for prejudice; title: The effects of prejudice on identity and society: Self-worth, double-consciousness, and inequality, some consequences of being the target of prejudice; Whiteness, maleness, heterosexuality, some effects of prejudice on identity and society; title: Conclusions, challenging prejudice: Undoing prejudice I, lessons from the three lenses; Undoing prejudice II, empowerment.