Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination

This new edition of this bestselling handbook offers a comprehensive and scholarly overview of the latest research on prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination. Now in its third edition, the book provides a full update of its highly successful predecessor and features new material on topics such as antisemitism, mental illness stigma, sexual and gender identity prejudice, anti-fat prejudice, politics and prejudice, ableism, evolutionary theory and prejudice, and anti-immigration prejudice. The book is divided into four main parts that consider the origins of prejudice; cognitive, affective, and motivational processes in prejudice; targets of prejudice and reducing prejudice. The volume is written by eminent researchers who explore topics by presenting an overview of current and cutting-edge research and, where appropriate, developing new theory, models, or scales. Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination is an essential text for graduate students, instructors and researchers in social and personality psychology. It is also an invaluable reference for academics and professionals in sociology, communication studies and the social sciences, as well as government workers and policymakers.

Table of Contents:
Part 1: Origins of Prejudice 1. Evolutionary approaches to understanding prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination 2. Limitations, contestations, failures, and falsifications of dramatic claims in intergroup Relations Part 2: Cognitive, Affective, and Motivational Processes in Prejudice 3.The social neuroscience of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination 4.Beyond performance: Stereotype and social identity threat in context 5.Prejudice, left and right: Ideological differences and similarities in prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination Part 3: Targets of Prejudice 6.Understanding age prejudice and its varied contexts in the 21st century and beyond 7.Hegemonic masculinity and sexism 8.The stigma of mental illness 9.Ableism: The time has come to understand bias against people with disabilities 10.Anti-Fat prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination 11.The psychology of contemporary antisemitism 12.Sexual and gender identity prejudice 13.“Go back to your country”: Anti-immigrant prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination Part 4: Reducing Prejudice 14.Children’s prejudice development and reduction: Challenges and opportunities 15.Interpersonal confrontation of bias 16. How social categorization shapes intergroup contact: Implications for understanding Group members’ subjective experiences and prospects for achieving attitude Generalization 17. Motivation to respond without prejudice: Antecedents and consequences

About the Author :
Todd D. Nelson is a Professor of Psychology at California State University – Stanislaus. His research focuses on stereotypes and prejudice against older adults (ageism). He is a fellow of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, and has published several chapters on ageism. Professor Nelson has published widely in the field of prejudice and ageism.