Humans automatically categorize others in social perception. Some categorizations - race, gender, and age -- are so automatic that they are termed -primitive categories.- As we categorize, we develop stereotypes about the categories. Researchers know much about racism and sexism, but comparatively little about prejudice based on age. The papers in this issue highlight the current empirical and theoretical work on understanding the origins and consequences of stereotyping and prejudice against older adults.
With the aging baby boomer demographic, it is especially timely for...
Humans automatically categorize others in social perception. Some categorizations - race, gender, and age -- are so automatic that they are termed -pr...
This volume provides a fast and efficient way for undergraduate and graduate students to gain a solid understanding of the social psychology literature. Each chapter reviews a major subsection of research in the field, written by a leading social psychology researcher in that area. Coverage includes all the major empirical, theoretical and methodological developments in its subfield of social psychology. Beginning social psychologists, as well as those who may have emerged from their formal training with a less-than-solid grounding in the research literature, will find this volume...
This volume provides a fast and efficient way for undergraduate and graduate students to gain a solid understanding of the social psychology litera...
This volume provides a fast and efficient way for undergraduate and graduate students to gain a solid understanding of the social psychology literature. Each chapter reviews a major subsection of research in the field, written by a leading social psychology researcher in that area. Coverage includes all the major empirical, theoretical and methodological developments in its subfield of social psychology. Beginning social psychologists, as well as those who may have emerged from their formal training with a less-than-solid grounding in the research literature, will find this volume...
This volume provides a fast and efficient way for undergraduate and graduate students to gain a solid understanding of the social psychology litera...
Presenting the exciting history of social psychology through the experiments that shaped the field, this new text-reader helps students learn the skills needed to read and interpret primary research articles.
Presenting the exciting history of social psychology through the experiments that shaped the field, this new text-reader helps students learn the skil...
