Dealing with differences : an introduction to the social psychology of prejudice / Edward E. Sampson

By: Sampson, Edward EMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Fort Worth, TX : Harcourt Brace College Publishers, c1999Description: xi, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0155053124Subject(s): Social psychology | Prejudices | Intergroup relations | Race relationsDDC classification: 303.385 T LOC classification: HM1033 | .S25 1999
Contents:
Introduction, definitions and overview: Defining prejudice; Differences and prejudice -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Conclusions, challenging prejudice: Undoing prejudice I, lessons from the three lenses; Undoing prejudice II, empowerment
Summary: [TofC cont.] Conclusions, challenging prejudice: Undoing prejudice I, lessons from the three lenses; Undoing prejudice II, empowerment. [In this book, the author uses] historical, sociological, and psychological perspectives [to] help students see a ... complete picture of prejudice. -Pref. [This book first] consider[s] the meaning of differences and how prejudice is structured around dealing with differences.... [It next] examines those efforts to understand prejudice that argue that perhaps there is something about the targeted groups that would explain why they are thought ill of and perhaps even treated differently from the rest of "us." [The book then] refocuses ... from the targeted groups to the prejudiced person, arguing that perhaps there is something about people who are prejudiced that we must examine in order to understand this troubling topic. [Next, the author] argue[s] that because prejudice is an intergroup phenomenon ... perhaps it is best to examine prejudice in terms of intergroup relations. [Finally, the book addresses] two additional issues: the consequences of prejudice ... and what to do to reduce prejudice. -Ch. 1
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-273) and index

Introduction, definitions and overview: Defining prejudice; Differences and prejudice -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Conclusions, challenging prejudice: Undoing prejudice I, lessons from the three lenses; Undoing prejudice II, empowerment

[TofC cont.] Conclusions, challenging prejudice: Undoing prejudice I, lessons from the three lenses; Undoing prejudice II, empowerment. [In this book, the author uses] historical, sociological, and psychological perspectives [to] help students see a ... complete picture of prejudice. -Pref. [This book first] consider[s] the meaning of differences and how prejudice is structured around dealing with differences.... [It next] examines those efforts to understand prejudice that argue that perhaps there is something about the targeted groups that would explain why they are thought ill of and perhaps even treated differently from the rest of "us." [The book then] refocuses ... from the targeted groups to the prejudiced person, arguing that perhaps there is something about people who are prejudiced that we must examine in order to understand this troubling topic. [Next, the author] argue[s] that because prejudice is an intergroup phenomenon ... perhaps it is best to examine prejudice in terms of intergroup relations. [Finally, the book addresses] two additional issues: the consequences of prejudice ... and what to do to reduce prejudice. -Ch. 1

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