The Nature Of Prejudice

Informationen zum Autor Gordon W. Allport was born in 1897 in Montezuma, Indiana. He received his AB, AM, and PhD in psychology from Harvard University, did postgraduate work abroad, and returned to Harvard in 1930, where he served as professor of psychology until his death in 1967. During his lifetime, Allport served as president of both the American and Eastern Psychological Associations, director of the National Opinion Research Center, and editor of the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology. His other books included The Psychology of Rumor, The Individual and His Religion, Personality, and Becoming. Klappentext 'The Nature of Prejudice' remains the standard work on discrimination. Now this classic study is offered in a special unabridged edition with a new introduction by Kenneth Clark of Columbia University and a new preface by Thomas Pettigrew of Harvard University. Zusammenfassung "With profound insight into the complexities of the human experience! Harvard psychologist Gordon Allport organized a mass of research to produce a landmark study on the roots and nature of prejudice."

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Gordon W. Allport was born in 1897 in Montezuma, Indiana. He received his AB, AM, and PhD in psychology from Harvard University, did postgraduate work abroad, and returned to Harvard in 1930, where he served as professor of psychology until his death in 1967. During his lifetime, Allport served as president of both the American and Eastern Psychological Associations, director of the National Opinion Research Center, and editor of the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology. His other books included The Psychology of Rumor, The Individual and His Religion, Personality, and Becoming.

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'The Nature of Prejudice' remains the standard work on discrimination. Now this classic study is offered in a special unabridged edition with a new introduction by Kenneth Clark of Columbia University and a new preface by Thomas Pettigrew of Harvard University.

Résumé
"With profound insight into the complexities of the human experience, Harvard psychologist Gordon Allport organized a mass of research to produce a landmark study on the roots and nature of prejudice."

Contenu
Preferential Thinking What Is the Problem? The Normality of Prejudgment Formation of In-Groups Rejection of Out-Groups Patterning and Extent of Prejudice Group Differences The Scientific Study of Group Differences Racial and Ethnic Differences Visibility and Strangeness Traits Due to Victimization Perceiving And Thinking About Group Differences The Cognitive Process Linguistic Factors Stereotypes in Our Culture Theories of Prejudice Sociocultural Factors Social Structure And Cultural Pattern Choice of Scapegoats The Effect of Contact Acquiring Prejudice Conforming The Young Child Later Learning Inner Conflict The Dynamics Of Prejudice Frustration Aggression and Hatred Anxiety, Sex, and Guilt Projection Character Structure The Prejudiced Personality Demagogy The Tolerant Personality Religion and Prejudice Reducing Group Tensions Ought There to Be a Law? Evaluation of Programs Limitations and Horizons