Stereotypes and Prejudice Key Readings

There is perhaps no topic that has engaged the interest of social psychologists as that of stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. Researchers have studied stereotypes and prejudice toward African Americans, women, the elderly, the mentally ill, clinically obese people, homosexuals, the physically handicapped, and individuals with AIDS, to name but a few. Interest in studying stereotyping and prejudice comes both from its theoretical importance as a basic process of person perception, and also from its immense practical importance. As societies are becoming more ethnically diverse, people from different cultures are increasingly coming into contact with each other, with even greater opportunities for stereotypes and prejudice to operate.
This book contains a collection of classic and contemporary readings that have contributed to our understanding of stereotypes and prejudice from a social-psychological perspective. The selected readings all make an important theoretical contribution, but have alsobeen chosen with an eye on their accessibility and appeal to students.
The volume also includes an overall review of the current state of knowledge in the field, discussion questions, and a list of relevant references. It will be ideal for courses on prejudice.

This book contains a collection of classic and contemporary readings that have contributed to our understanding of stereotypes and prejudice from a social-psychological perspective. The selected readings all make an important theoretical contribution, but have also been chosen with an eye on their accessibility and appeal to students.The volume also includes an overall review of the current state of knowledge in the field, discussion questions, and a list of relevant references. It will be ideal for courses on prejudice.

C. Stangor, Volume Overview. Part I: Conceptualizing Stereotypes and Prejudice. G. Allport, The Nature of Prejudice. H. Tajfel & J. Forgas, Social Categorization: Cognitions, Values, and Groups. C. Stangor & M. Schaller, Stereotypes as Individual and Collective Representations. Part II: Measuring Stereotypes and Prejudice. P. Devine & A. Elliot, Are Racial Stereotypes Really Fading? A. Eagly & A. Mladinic, Gender Stereotypes and Attitudes toward Women and Men. I. Katz & R. Hass, Racial Ambivalence and American Value Conflict: Correlational and Priming Studies of Dual Cognitive Structures. L. Lepore & R. Brown, Category and Stereotype Activation: Is Prejudice Inevitable. Part III: How do Stereotypes Develop? A. Eagly & V. Steffen, Gender Stereotypes from the Distribution of Women and Men into Social Roles. D. Hamilton & R. Gifford, Illusory Correlation in Interpersonal Perception: A Cognitive Basis of Stereotypic Judgments. S. Fein & S. Spencer, Prejudice as Self-Image Maintenance: Affirming the Self through Derogating Others. A. Maass, D. Salvi, L. Arcuri, & G. Semin, Language Use in Intergroup Contexts: The Linguistic Intergroup Bias. Part IV: Why are Stereotypes Maintained Even When They are Inaccurate? J. Darley & P. Gross, A Hypothesis-Confirming Bias in Labeling Effects. C. Word, M. Zanna, & J. Cooper, The Nonverbal Mediation of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies in Interracial Interaction. C. Miller, E. Rothblum, D. Felicio, & P. Brand, Compensating for Stigma: Obese and Nonobese Women's reactions to being Visible. Part V: When do We Use Stereotypes? G. V. Bodenhausen, Stereotypes as Judgemental Heuristics: Evidence of Circadian Variations in Discrimination. F. Pratto, J. Sidanius, L. Stallworth, & B. Malle, Social Dominance Orientation: A Personality Variable Predicting Social and Political Attitudes. S. Gaertner & J. Dovidio, The Aversive Form of Racism. M. Monteith, P. Devine, & J. Zuwerink, Self-Directed versus Other-Directed Affect as a Consequence of Prejudice-Related Discrepancies. Part VI: The Impact of Stereotypes and Prejudice. B. Simon & R. Brown, Perceived Intragroup Homogeneity in Minority-Majority Contexts. S. Fiske, D. Bersoff, E. Borgida, K. Deaux, and M. Heilman, Social Science Research on Trial: The Use of Sex Stereotyping Research in Price Waterhouse vs. Hopkins. J. Crocker, K. Voelkl, M. Testa, & B. Major, Social Stigma: The Affective Consequences of Attributional Ambiguity. C. Steele & J. Aronson, Stereotype Threat and the Intellectual Test Performance of African-Americans. Part VII: Improving Intergroup Perceptions and Behavior. M. Hewstone, Contact and Categorization: Social Psychological Interventions to Change Intergroup Relations. M. Rothbart & O. John, Social Categorization and Behavioral Episodes: A Cognitive Analysis of the Effects of Intergroup Contact. S. Gaertner, J. Dovidio, A. Murrell, & M. Pomare, How does Cooperation Reduce Intergroup Bias?