Attitudes and Persuasion
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Multiple Social Categorization
Processes, Models and Applications
'Ethnic cleansing', 'institutional racism', and 'social exclusion' are just some of the terms used to describe one of the most pressing social issues facing today’s societies: prejudice and intergroup discrimination. Invariably, these pervasive social problems can be traced back to differences in...
Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
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Stereotyping and Prejudice
Series: Frontiers of Social Psychology
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...
Published May 8th 2013 by Psychology Press
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Our Racist Heart?
An Exploration of Unconscious Prejudice in Everyday Life
Few people today would admit to being a racist, or to making assumptions about individuals based on their skin colour, or on their gender or social class. In this book, leading psychologist Geoffrey Beattie asks if prejudice, more subtle than before, is still a major part of our everyday lives....
Published November 27th 2012 by Routledge
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The Psychology of Attitudes and Attitude Change
Series: Sydney Symposium in Social Psychology
Human beings have a unique ability to create elaborate predispositions and evaluations based on their social experiences. The concept of attitudes is central to understanding how experience gives rise to these predispositions, and psychologists have spent the best part of the past 100 years trying...
Published May 18th 2010 by Psychology Press
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Why Aren't We Saving the Planet?
A Psychologist's Perspective
Global warming. Many of us believe that it is somebody else’s problem, that it will affect other people and that other people will come up with the solution. This is not true. "Global" warming is a global problem: it will affect every single one of us and will only be stopped by a huge shift in our...
Published May 4th 2010 by Routledge

