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Dear TIPS Colleagues,
I've just written a textbook, which will be available in August, 2001,
entitled, "The Psychology of Prejudice." (2002, ISBN: 0205297692, published
by Allyn & Bacon). It is designed for use in advanced undergraduate or
first-year graduate courses on Stereotyping and Prejudice. The textbook is
heavily research-based, and will also include a test-bank and instructor's
manual.
The book will sell for $37 (paper), and if you'd like to read more about it,
and order an examination copy, please click on this web link:
http://www.ablongman.com/catalog/book?ISBN=0205297692
Below, I've appended a detailed Table of Contents. Feel free to contact me
with any questions, comments you may have.
Todd D. Nelson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology Office: (209) 667-3442
California State University FAX: (209) 664-7067
801 W. Monte Vista Ave e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Turlock, CA 95382 http://www.csustan.edu/psych/todd/index.html
TABLE OF CONTENTS
for "The Psychology of Prejudice"
Chapter 1: Introduction to the study of stereotyping and prejudice
A. Defining Stereotype
B. Defining prejudice
C. The Link Between Stereotyping and Prejudice
D. Early Perspectives in Stereotyping Research
E. The Social Cognition Revolution
F. The Social Cognition View of Stereotyping and Prejudice
G. Why the Emphasis on African-American / Caucasian
Intergroup Relations?
H. Summary
Chapter 2: Origin and Maintenance of Stereotypes and Prejudice
A. The formation of stereotypes
1. Categorization
2. Why we categorize
3. Types of categorization
4. In-groups and out-groups
5. Social learning
a. Childhood intergroup contact
b. Value transmission in families
c. Stereotypes and prejudice in the media
6. Implicit theories
7. The efficiency of stereotypes
B. How and why stereotypes are maintained
1. Selective attention to stereotype-relevant information
2. Subcategorization
3. Illusory correlations
4. Motivation
C. Origins of prejudice
1. Social identity theory
2. Optimal distinctiveness theory
3. Scapegoat theory
4. Relative deprivation
5. Realistic conflict theory
D. Summary
Chapter 3: Feeling and Thinking in the Activation of Stereotypes
A. Mood
1. Types of intergroup affect
a. Chronic racial affect
b. Episodic racial affect
c. Incidental affect
2. Influence of positive affect
3. Effects of negative affect
4. Motivational vs. cognitive capacity deficits
B. Cognition
1. Implicit cognition
2. Subliminal messages
3. Implicit memory
4. Implicit stereotyping
5. Stereotype suppression
a. Thought suppression
b. Suppressing stereotypes
C. Issues for Future Research
D. Summary
Chapter 4: The Prejudiced Personality: Are some people more likely
to feel prejudice?
A. Psychodynamic perspectives
1. Authoritarianism
2. Character-conditioned prejudice
3. Problems with the psychodynamic approach
B. Right-wing authoritarianism
C. Religion
1. Committed vs. consensual religiousity
2. Extrinsic vs. intrinsic religious orientation
3. Religion as quest
D. Need for cognition
E. Need for structure
F. Need for cognitive closure
G. Social dominance orientation
H. Summary
Chapter 5: Old-fashioned vs. Modern racism
A. Where have all the bigots gone?
1. From Katz & Braly (1933) to civil rights, and beyond
2. Are low-prejudiced people really low-prejudiced?
B. Modern Racism
C. Symbolic Racism
D. Aversive Racism
E. Summary of Contemporary Theories of Prejudice
F. Measuring Stereotyping and Prejudice
1. The Self-Report Questionnaire
2. The Bogus-Pipeline
3. Measures of Stereotypes
4. Measuring Stereotyping
5. Measuring Prejudice
6. Priming and Reaction times - the true measure?
F. Summary: Is There Such A Thing As Modern Prejudice?
Chapter 6: Experiencing Prejudice
A. Social Stigma
B. Group Identification
C. Stereotype Threat
D. Self-Esteem
1. Denial of discrimination
2. Self-fulfilling prophecy
E. Intergroup Interactions
1. Dynamic nature of interactions
2. Expectations
3. Intergroup anxiety
4. Metastereotypes
F. Attributional Ambiguity
1. The paradoxical effects of affirmative action
2. Perceived controllability of the stigma
G. Summary
Chapter 7: Ageism
A. Why Ageism? (and what about other "-ism's"?)
B. Does Ageism Really Exist?
C. Age Stereotypes: Content and Use
D. Positive Attitudes and Positive Stereotypes
E. Effects of Pseudopositive Attitudes
1. Patronizing language
2. Patronizing behavior
3. Effects of pseudopositive attitudes on the elderly
F. Ageism in the Helping Professions
G. Origins of Ageism
1. Age grading of society
2. From sage to burden
3. Modernization
4. Idealism
H. Maintenance of Ageism
1. Functional perspective
2. Conflict
3. Self-threat, self-esteem, and terror management
I. Juvenile Ageism
J. Beliefs and Expectations About Old Age
1. Beliefs and expectations of the young about aging
2. Expectations of the elderly about aging
K. Age Discrimination
L. Prominence of Age as a Variable in Social Perception
M. Contact with the Elderly
1. Negative expectations about intergenerational contact
2. Negative schemas about the elderly
N. Cross-Cultural Differences in Ageism
1. Eastern vs. western views
O. Issues for Future Research
1. Measurement
2. You're really as old (or young) as you feel
3. Stereotype knowledge or stereotype belief?
4. Evaluating prejudiced attitudes
P. Summary
Chapter 8: Sexism
A. Gender stereotypes
B. Measurement of gender stereotypes
C. Origin of gender stereotypes
1. Religion
2. Social learning
3. Cultural institutions
4. Evolution vs. social roles
5. Power
D. Accuracy of gender stereotypes
E. Sexist language
F. Types of sexism
1. Old-fashioned vs. modern sexism
2. Neosexism
3. Benevolent vs. hostile sexism
G. Effects of sexism on women
H. Gender discrimination
1. Distancing behavior
2. Job opportunities
3. The glass ceiling
I. Summary
Chapter 9: Reducing Prejudice
A. The Contact Hypothesis
1. Allport's contact hypothesis
2. Tests of the contact hypothesis
3. Pettigrew's reformulated contact theory
B. Sherif's (1961) Robber's Cave study: The Superordinate Goal
C. The "Confrontation Technique" of Rokeach
D. The Jigsaw Classroom
E. Education, Empathy, and Role-Playing
F. Summary
G. Current Approaches to Prejudice Reduction
1. Functional approach
2. Normative influence
3. Self-regulation
H. Summary
Chapter 10: Trends and Unanswered Questions in Prejudice Research
A. Prejudice against other groups
1. Overweight persons
2. Attitudes toward lesbians and gay men
3. Physically-challenged
B. Understanding the dynamic nature of intergroup relations
C. Motivation and prejudice
D. Implicit and automatic stereotyping
E. To individuate, or stereotype? That IS the question
F. Summary
Todd D. Nelson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
California State University-Stanislaus
Turlock, California 95382
Office: (209) 667-3442
FAX: (209) 664-7067
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: Http://www.csustan.edu/psych/todd/index.html
