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DescriptionUnderstanding the Psychology of Diversity by Bruce E. (Evan) Blaine English | PDF | ISBN-10: 1412921082 | ISBN-13: 978-1412921084 April 13, 2007 | SAGE Publications Ltd  Anthropology, Cultural CONTENTS Intro CONTENTS PREFACE 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DIVERSITY 2. CATEGORIZATION AND STEREOTYPING: COGNITIVE PROCESSES THAT SHAPE PERCEIVED DIVERSITY 3. STEREOTYPES EXPRESSED: SOCIAL PROCESSES THAT SHAPE ACTUAL DIVERSITY 4. PREJUDICE: EVALUATING SOCIAL DIFFERENCE 5. UNDERSTANDING RACE, RACIAL STEREOTYPES, AND RACISM 6. UNDERSTANDING GENDER STEREOTYPES AND SEXISM 7. UNDERSTANDING OBESITY STEREOTYPES AND WEIGHTISM 8. UNDERSTANDING MORAL PREJUDICE: CLASSISM, HOMOSEXISM, AND RELIGION 9. DIVERSITY ON TELEVISION 10. SOCIAL STIGMA: THE EXPERIENCE OF PREJUDICE 11. COPING WITH SOCIAL STIGMA 12. RESPONDING TO SOCIAL INEQUALITY: BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE INTERVENTIONS FOR REDUCING PREJUDICE REFERENCES INDEX Excerpt: Each of us lives in a diverse social world.Although we are frequently unaware of it, our lives unfold within social contexts which are populated by people who are different—both from us and each other.The people who populate the situations in our day-to-day lives may differ in many ways, such as their ethnic identity, sex, cultural background, economic status, political affiliation, or religious belief.The specific dimensions of difference do not matter nearly as much as the fact that we think, feel, and behave within diverse social contexts. Two important ideas follow from the fact that we, as individuals, are perpetually embedded in social difference. First, because individuals are literally part of the social contexts in which they behave, those situations cannot be understood independently of the people in them. Have you ever been amazed that you perceived a situation, such as a job interview, much differently than a friend? Perhaps you approached the interview with optimism and confidence, regarding it a potentially positive step in your career goals. Your friend, however, may have viewed the same scenario as threatening and bemoaning how it would never work out.This illustrates how social situations are, in vital part, constructed and maintained by people.We project our own attitudes, feelings, expectations, and fears on to the situations we encounter. Applied to our social contexts, this principle says that the “differentness” we perceive between ourselves and other people, or among other people, may be inaccurate. Sharing Widget |