Prejudice: Its Social Psychology

English

ISBN: 1444391291

EAN: 9781444391299

Category: Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations/Psychology / Social Psychology/

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Release Date: 06/20/2011

Synopsis: This new edition of Prejudice provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject, introducing the major theoretical ideas as well as providing a critical analysis of recent developments.

• Takes a social psychological perspective, analysing individual behavior as part of a pattern of intergroup processes
• Covers the major research, including classical personality accounts, developmental approaches, socio-cognitive research focussing on categorization and stereotyping, prejudice as an intergroup phenomenon, and ways to combat prejudice
• Illustrates concepts with examples of different kinds of prejudice drawn from everyday life
• Includes a new chapter on prejudice from the victim's perspective
• Fully updated throughout, with expansion of the notions of explicit and implicit manifestations of prejudice

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Prejudice: Its Social Psychology

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Format: eBook - EPUB

Edition: 2

Pages: 368