On The Nature Of Prejudice

by Dovidio, John F.; Glick, Peter Samuel; Rudman, Laurie A.

• ISBN13: 9781405127509
• ISBN10: 1405127503
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-05-15
• Publisher: Blackwell Pub

Summary

On the Nature of Prejudice commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Gordon Allport's classic work on prejudice and discrimination by examining the current state of knowledge in the field. A distinguished collection of international scholars considers Allport's impact on the field, reviews recent developments, and identifies promising directions for future investigation. Organized around Allport's central themes, this book provides a state-of-the-art, comprehensive view of where the field has been, where it is now, and where it is going.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	viii
Foreword by Victoria M. Esses	xi
Preface	xiii
1 Introduction: Reflecting on The Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years after Allport	1	(16)
John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, and Laurie A. Rudman
Part I: Preferential Thinking	17	(104)
2 What is the Problem? Prejudice as an Attitude-in-Context	19	(17)
Alice H. Eagly and Amanda B. Diekman
3 Social Cognition and the Normality of Prejudgment	36	(18)
Susan T. Fiske
4 Ingroup Affiliations and Prejudice	54	(17)
Rupert Brown and Hanna Zagejka
5 Categorization, Recategorization, and Intergroup Bias	71	(18)
Samuel L. Gaertner and John F. Dovidio
6 Rejection or Inclusion of Outgroups?	89	(17)
Mary R. Jackman
7 Rejection of Women? Beyond Prejudice as Antipathy	106	(17)
Laurie A. Rudman
Part II: Group Differences	121	(52)
8 Group Differences and Stereotype Accuracy	123	(16)
Charles M. Judd and Bernadette Park
9 The Psychological Impact of Prejudice	139	(16)
Brenda Major and S. Brooke Vick
10 Mechanisms for Coping with Victimization: Self-Protection Plus Self-Enhancement	155	(18)
James M. Jones
Part III: Perceiving and Thinking About Group Differences	173	(52)
11 Cognitive Process: Reality Constraints and Integrity Concerns in Social Perception	175	(17)
Vincent Yzerbyt and Olivier Corneille
12 Linguistic Factors: Antilocutions, Ethnonyms, Ethnophaulisms, and Other Varieties of Hate Speech	192	(16)
Brian Mullen and Tirza Leader
13 Stereotypes in Our Culture	208	(17)
John T. Jost and David L. Hamilton
Part IV: Sociocultural Factors	225	(68)
14 Instrumental Relations Among Groups: Group Competition, Conflict, and Prejudice	227	(17)
Victoria M. Esses, Lynne M. Jackson, John F. Dovidio, and Gordon Hodson
15 Choice of Scapegoats	244	(18)
Peter Glick
16 Allport's Intergroup Contact Hypothesis: Its History and Influence	262	(16)
Thomas F. Pettigrew and Linda R. Tropp
17 Intergroup Contact: When Does it Work, and Why?	278	(15)
Jared B. Kenworthy, Rhiannon N. Turner, Miles Hewstone, and Alberto Voci
Part V: Acquiring Prejudice	293	(66)
18 Conformity and Prejudice	295	(15)
Christian S. Crandall and Charles Stangor
19 The Development of Prejudice in Childhood and Adolescence	310	(17)
Frances E. Aboud
20 Breaking the Prejudice Habit: Allport's "Inner Conflict" Revisited	327	(16)
Patricia G. Devine
21 Inner Conflict in the Political Psychology of Racism	343	(16)
David O. Sears
Part VI: The Dynamics of Prejudice	359	(34)
22 Aggression, Hatred, and Other Emotions	361	(16)
Eliot R. Smith and Diane M. Mackie
23 Allport's "Living Inkblots": The Role of Defensive Projection in Stereotyping and Prejudice	377	(16)
Leonard S. Newman and Tracy L. Caldwell
Part VII: Character Structure	393	(36)
24 Personality and Prejudice	395	(18)
John Duckitt
25 Religion and Prejudice	413	(16)
C. Daniel Batson and E. L. Stocks
Part VIII: Reducing Group Tensions	429	(18)
26 Intergroup Relations Program Evaluation	431	(16)
Walter G. Stephan and Cookie White Stephan
Author Index	447	(16)
Subject Index	463