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 processesCovers 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 prejudiceIllustrates concepts with examples of different kinds of prejudice drawn from everyday lifeIncludes a new chapter on prejudice from the victim's perspectiveFully updated throughout, with expansion of the notions of explicit and implicit manifestations of prejudice
Rupert Brown is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Sussex. He has taught courses on prejudice, group processes, and intergroup relations for over 25 years, and published widely in these fields. His books include Group Processes (second edition, Blackwell, 2000) and, as co-editor, the Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Intergroup Relations (Blackwell, 2001) and Social Identities (2006).
Preface viiiAcknowledgements xList of Figures xii1 The Nature of Prejudice 12 Prejudiced Individuals 133 Social Categorization and Prejudice 354 Stereotyping and Prejudice 685 The Development of Prejudice in Children 1086 Prejudice and Intergroup Relations 1437 Prejudice Old and New 1828 Prejudice from the Recipients’ Point of View 2199 Reducing Prejudice 243Glossary of Key Terms 281References 290Subject Index 339Author Index 345
"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". (Bulletin, 13 January 2011)
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 processesCovers 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 prejudiceIllustrates concepts with examples of different kinds of prejudice drawn from everyday lifeIncludes a new chapter on prejudice from the victim's perspectiveFully updated throughout, with expansion of the notions of explicit and implicit manifestations of prejudice
Rupert Brown is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Sussex. He has taught courses on prejudice, group processes, and intergroup relations for over 25 years, and published widely in these fields. His books include Group Processes (second edition, Blackwell, 2000) and, as co-editor, the Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Intergroup Relations (Blackwell, 2001) and Social Identities (2006).
Preface viiiAcknowledgements xList of Figures xii1 The Nature of Prejudice 12 Prejudiced Individuals 133 Social Categorization and Prejudice 354 Stereotyping and Prejudice 685 The Development of Prejudice in Children 1086 Prejudice and Intergroup Relations 1437 Prejudice Old and New 1828 Prejudice from the Recipients’ Point of View 2199 Reducing Prejudice 243Glossary of Key Terms 281References 290Subject Index 339Author Index 345
"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". (Bulletin, 13 January 2011)