ISBN:
9781136745126
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (600 pages)
Series Statement:
Frontiers of Social Psychology Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.385
Keywords:
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
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Prejudices
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Prejudices
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This volume presents a contemporary and comprehensive overview of the great diversity of theoretical interests, new ideas, and practical applications that characterize social psychological approaches to stereotyping and prejudice. All the contributions are written by renowned scholars in the field, with some chapters focusing on fundamental principles, including research questions about the brain structures that help us categorize and judge others, the role of evolution in prejudice, and how prejudice relates to language, communication, and social norms. Several chapters review a new dimension that has frequently been understudied-the role of the social context in creating stereotypes and prejudice. Another set of chapters focuses on applications, particularly how stereotypes and prejudice really matter in everyday life. These chapters include studies of their impact on academic performance, their role in small group processes, and their influence on everyday social interactions. The volume provides an essential resource for students, instructors, and researchers in social and personality psychology, and is also an invaluable reference for academics and professionals in related fields who have an interest in the origins and effects of stereotyping and prejudice.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Contributors -- Preface: Introductory Remarks -- 1. The Social Neuroscience of Prejudice: Then, Now, and What's to Come -- Then: The Social Psychophysiology of Prejudice -- Mid-Century Modern Prejudice -- The Re-emergence of Social Psychophysiology -- Now: Social Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches -- Seeing Race -- Implicit Bias and the Brain -- Control and the Regulation of Intergroup Bias -- Mentalizing/Dehumanization -- Summary -- What's to Come -- Hyperscanning of Intergroup Interactions -- Modeling of Neural Networks and Micro-Systems -- Molecular Genetics -- Endocrine Systems -- Psychoneuroimmunology and Health Disparities -- Conclusions -- References -- 2. Evolutionary Perspectives on Prejudice -- An Overview of Evolutionary Approaches to Human Behavior -- Assumptions of an Evolutionary Approach to Prejudice -- Specific Threats and Their Functional Psychological and Behavioral Responses -- Summary of Threats -- Contributions of an Evolutionary Approach to Prejudice -- The Future of Threat-Based Research -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- 3. When We See Prejudice: The Normative Window and Social Change -- What is the Phenomenon? -- What We Study and What We Don't -- The Normative Window -- Social Norms and the Acceptability of Prejudice -- Social Change and the Prejudiced Personality -- The Importance of Social Change -- Shifting Positions in the Social Hierarchy -- The Practical Value of Studying Multiple Prejudices -- Conclusion -- References -- 4. An Adaptationist Perspective on the Psychology of Intergroup Prejudice -- Two Psychological Systems for Prejudice: One Meta-Theory -- Evolved Sex Differences in the Psychology of Prejudice: Different Adaptive Problems Yields Different Psychologies.
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Contributors; Preface: Introductory Remarks; 1. The Social Neuroscience of Prejudice: Then, Now, and What's to Come; Then: The Social Psychophysiology of Prejudice; Mid-Century Modern Prejudice; The Re-emergence of Social Psychophysiology; Now: Social Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches; Seeing Race; Implicit Bias and the Brain; Control and the Regulation of Intergroup Bias; Mentalizing/Dehumanization; Summary; What's to Come; Hyperscanning of Intergroup Interactions
Description / Table of Contents:
Modeling of Neural Networks and Micro-SystemsMolecular Genetics; Endocrine Systems; Psychoneuroimmunology and Health Disparities; Conclusions; References; 2. Evolutionary Perspectives on Prejudice; An Overview of Evolutionary Approaches to Human Behavior; Assumptions of an Evolutionary Approach to Prejudice; Specific Threats and Their Functional Psychological and Behavioral Responses; Summary of Threats; Contributions of an Evolutionary Approach to Prejudice; The Future of Threat-Based Research; Concluding Thoughts; References; 3. When We See Prejudice: The Normative Window and Social Change
Description / Table of Contents:
What is the Phenomenon?What We Study and What We Don't; The Normative Window; Social Norms and the Acceptability of Prejudice; Social Change and the Prejudiced Personality; The Importance of Social Change; Shifting Positions in the Social Hierarchy; The Practical Value of Studying Multiple Prejudices; Conclusion; References; 4. An Adaptationist Perspective on the Psychology of Intergroup Prejudice; Two Psychological Systems for Prejudice: One Meta-Theory; Evolved Sex Differences in the Psychology of Prejudice: Different Adaptive Problems Yields Different Psychologies
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The Roots of a Male-Specific Psychology of PrejudiceIntersexual Selection and Intergroup Conflict; Sex Differences in Prejudice: Summary; Outgroup Bias and Pathogen Avoidance; Differentiating Biases; Implications and Limitations; References; 5. Stereotype Threat; A Situational Threat; Antecedents and Consequences of Stereotype Threat; Nature of the Threat; Do Stereotype Threat Effects Emerge Outside the Lab?; Developmental and Cross-Cultural Research; Stereotype Threat-Reduction Strategies; Future Directions for Stereotype Threat Research; In Conclusion; References
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6. Cultural Dynamics of Intergroup Relations: How Communications Can Shape Intergroup RealityWhat is a Stereotype?; Grounding Model of Cultural Information Transmission; Antecedents of Grounding; Grounding Stereotypes in Joint Activities; Consequences of Grounding Cultural Information About Social Groups; Potential Areas of Future Research and Concluding Comments; A Variety of Questions about Firsthand and Secondhand Information; Stereotype Communication and Cognition; Stereotype Communication in Intergroup Contexts; Stereotype Communication in News, Mass Media, and Other Cultural Artifacts
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Concluding Comments
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