Prejudice

The Target's Perspective

Charles Stangor editor Janet K Swim editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Published:7th May '98

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

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Key Features * Includes an introduction, the consequences of prejudice, and how to cope with prejudice * The editors are top researchers in the field of prejudice * All the contributors are major figures in the social psychological analysis of intergroup relationships

Provides a summary of research focusing on the intended victims of prejudice. Divided into three sections, this book discusses how people identify prejudice, what types of prejudice they encounter, and how people react to this prejudice in interpersonal and intergroup settings. It also discusses the effect of prejudice on task performance.Prejudice: The Target's Perspective turns the tables on the way prejudice has been looked at in the past. Almost all of the current information on prejudice focuses on the person holding prejudiced beliefs. This book, however, provides the first summary of research focusing on the intended victims of prejudice. Divided into three sections, the first part discusses how people identify prejudice, what types of prejudice they encounter, and how people react to this prejudice in interpersonal and intergroup settings. The second section discusses the effect of prejudice on task performance, assessment of ones own abilities, self-esteem, and stress. The final section examines how people cope with prejudice, including a discussion of coping mechanisms, reporting sexual harassment, and how identity is related to effective coping.

ISBN: 9780126791303

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 590g

352 pages