Motivational Aspects of Prejudice and Racism

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Willis-Esqueda, Cynthia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: THE NEBRASKA SYMPOSIUM ON MOTIVATION
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Social Sciences.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Personality and Social Psychology.

Motivational Aspects of Prejudice and Racism examines the cognitive processes as well as the motivational forces that create and sustain social hierarchies based on racial categories. A panel of top scholars analyzes the subtle and explicit manifestations of bias within and across racial groups, whi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Motivational Aspects of Prejudice and Racism
• Social Cognition, Ethnic Identity, and Ethnic Specific Strategies for Coping with Threat due to Prejudice and Discrimination
• New Directions in Aversive Racism Research: Persistence and Pervasiveness
• The Role of Race and Racial Prejudice in Recognizing Other People
• Addressing Contemporary Racism: The Common Ingroup Identity Model.