Peer Prejudice and Discrimination
Subtitle: the Origins of Prejudice
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Mahwah
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781410606228
Subjects: Prejudices in children; Prejudices; Prevention
Description: This volume is suitable for A Level courses on prejudice and/or prejudice and discrimination, or as a supplement in social psychology and developmental psychology courses. This second edition features a new chapter on the influence of peers, parents and personality on prejudice.
Notes: Print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents in Brief; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 The Nature of Prejudice; Chapter 2 An Evolutionary Model for the Development of Prejudice and Discrimination; Chapter 3 Discrimination Toward Deaf Individuals; Chapter 4 Prejudice and Discrimination Toward Mentally Retarded Individuals; Chapter 5 Prejudice and Discrimination Against the Opposite Sex; Chapter 6 A Cultural History of African Americans; Chapter 7 Race Prejudice and Discrimination; Chapter 8 Modifying Prejudice and Discrimination; Chapter 9 Parents, Peers, and Personality; Chapter 10 Recapitulation.