Providing a historical perspective on the pivotal 1954 "Brown v. Board of Education" decision, this work offers a critical retrospective on the role of psychological research in the fight against racism and discrimination. This work presents an up-to-date review of the psychology of racism and its implications for schools, the workplace, and public policy.

This book examines how standards and expectancies affect judgments of others and the self. Standards are points of comparison; expectancies are beliefs about the future, and both serve as frames of reference against which current events and people, including the self, are experienced. The central theme of this book is that judgments can be characterized as either assimilative or contrastive in nature. Assimilation occurs when the target of evaluation, another person or the self, is pulled toward or judged consistently with the standard or expectation, and contrast occurs when the target is...