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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Harold D Fishbein |
| ISBN: | 080583771X 9780805837711 0805837728 9780805837728 |
| OCLC Number: | 48907102 |
| Description: | xv, 335 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The Nature of Prejudice -- Definitions of Prejudice and Attitudes -- Definition of Discrimination -- Relationship Between Prejudice and Behavior -- Stereotypes -- Stigmas -- Untouchability and the Consequences of Being Stigmatized -- Psychological Consequences of African-American Slavery -- Theories of Prejudice and Discrimination: Individual and Cultural/Historical Influences -- The Authoritarian Personality -- Patriarchy and Female Socialization -- The Present Theoretical View -- An Evolutionary Model for the Development of Prejudice and Discrimination -- Canalization -- Genes, Mind, and Culture -- Behavior Genetics -- Hunter-Gatherer Minds in Postindustrial Bodies -- The Primate Heritage -- Old World Monkeys and Apes -- The Hunter-Gatherer Heritage -- Inclusive Fitness -- Authority-Bearing Systems -- Intergroup Hostility--Heritage From the Common Ancestor of Apes and Humans -- Gene Flow and Outgroup Attractiveness -- Identification of Tribe Members and Multigroup Membership -- Development of a Group Identity -- Intergroup Behavior -- Hunter-Gatherer Minds Revisited -- Discrimination Toward Deaf Individuals -- Methodological Considerations -- Prejudice -- Overview of the Cultural and Historical Bases of Prejudice and Discrimination -- Brief Educational History of American Deaf Children -- Development of Discrimination Toward Deaf Individuals -- Prejudice and Discrimination Toward Mentally Retarded Individuals -- Brief Educational History of American Children With Mental Retardation. |
| Responsibility: | Harold D. Fishbein. |
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Abstract:
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.
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