This volume presents a contemporary and comprehensive overview of the great diversity of theoretical interests, new ideas, and practical applications that characterize social psychological approaches to stereotyping and prejudice. All the contributions are written by renowned scholars in the field, with some chapters focusing on fundamental principles, including research questions about the brain structures that help us categorize and judge others, the role of evolution in prejudice, and how prejudice relates to language, communication, and social norms. Several chapters review a new...
This volume presents a contemporary and comprehensive overview of the great diversity of theoretical interests, new ideas, and practical applications ...
Social Groups in Action and Interaction reviews and analyzes the human group as it operates to create both social good and, potentially, social harm. It summarizes current knowledge and contemporary research, with real-world examples in succinct yet engaging chapters, to help students understand and predict group behavior. Unlike other texts, the book considers a wide range of topics such as conformity, leadership, task performance, social identity, prejudice, and discrimination from both an intragroup and an intergroup perspective. By looking at behavior both within and between groups, it...
Social Groups in Action and Interaction reviews and analyzes the human group as it operates to create both social good and, potentially, social har...
Social Groups in Action and Interaction reviews and analyzes the human group as it operates to create both social good and, potentially, social harm. It summarizes current knowledge and contemporary research, with real-world examples in succinct yet engaging chapters, to help students understand and predict group behavior. Unlike other texts, the book considers a wide range of topics such as conformity, leadership, task performance, social identity, prejudice, and discrimination from both an intragroup and an intergroup perspective. By looking at behavior both within and between groups, it...
Social Groups in Action and Interaction reviews and analyzes the human group as it operates to create both social good and, potentially, social har...
