Psychology of Diversity Beyond Prejudice and Racism

Name: Psychology of Diversity Beyond Prejudice and Racism
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ISBN: 9781405162142

ISBN-10: 1405162147

ISBN-13: 9781405162142

Edition: 2014

Authors: James M. Jones, John F. Dovidio, Deborah L. Vietze, Deborah L. Vietze

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1. Overall Goal of the BookThis prospectus is for a new book following on the conceptual structure and general approach of Prejudice and Racism 2/e (P&R), but reorganizing and revising the content; concepts; and pedagogical approach in several specific ways. The proposed volume will:A. Keep the emphasis on multilevel analysis and the integration of history into it, but to expand the analytical frame to include greater consideration of bias towards other groups and focus less specifically on Black Americans. The primary analysis and examples will continue to reflect the experience of Blacks in the United States but will analyze current trends in population diversity and employ additional… examples to illustrate the conceptual and practical issues from diverse groups. Both the common forces and unique qualities of bias toward different groups will be explored.B. Introduce key concepts and make the organizing principles relate more directly to current issues. Controversial issues that will be considered include:1. Why should one be for or against affirmative action?2. Why is a color-blind philosophy on one hand, desirable as a means of diminishing racial bias, and on the other, an insidious from of racial bias?3. What is fairness in social justice and how can/should it be achieved?4. How do targets of stigma and discrimination cope with basic life tasks; and how does the threat of stigma and discrimination influence achieving these tasks?5. What are the psychological health consequences that are related to the social dynamics of prejudice and racism?C. More directly addresses the issues of power and privilege as factors that influence, in both overt and subtle ways, achieving social justice.D. Continue the individual, institutional and cultural level analysis of prejudice and emphasize how this draws upon a multidisciplinary perspective. This will be based on more recent research that has explored more fully the impact and origin of individual level processes, including social neuroscience evidence of racial bias.E. Reorder the sequence of topics so that the practical issues and problems come earlier in the text. This presentation will help students to think critically about how these problems arise, how complex they are, and which approaches may hold then most promise for ameliorating them. This organization has great appeal to students as they are often living with these issues and problems and thus understand them from practical cultural and political experience. This provides a useful platform for learning the theoretical and research perspectives.F. Develop more pedagogical activities and exercises that will allow each instructor and groups of students to personalize the analysis and the problems. Dr. Vietze has used P&R for several semesters with good effect, but needed to develop specialized activities and assignments to make the text more accessible for students and instructors. She will bring some of those activities and ideas to his new volume.2. Highlights of the BookIn addition to the specific changes identified in the previous section, compared to Prejudice and Racism 2/e there are two general types of changes in the proposed book. These are:1. Content changes—This book will include more examples and illustrations that are based on the diverse and contemporary experiences and contemporary problems of prejudice and racism; it will also focus on publicly acknowledged points of contention. Research will be updated.2. Pedagogical changes--This book will include instructional material that will allow instructors to personalize problems, and exercises to fit the students and instructional approach used in a course. This instructor guide could be delivered using a website or DVD.

Book details

List price: $66.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/23/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 7.30" wide x 9.60" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.870
Language: English



Preface


Dedication


Acknowledgments



Framing Diversity



The Psychology of Diversity: Challenges and Benefits


Introduction


The Goals of This Book


What is Diversity About?


A Taxonomy of Diversity


When Diversity Does Not Add Up To Equality


Perspectives on Diversity


Behavioral Science and Diversity


Diversity within Diversity


The Diversity Divide: Benefits versus Challenges


What Are the Benefits of Diversity?


What Are the Challenges of Diversity?


Organization of this Book


Summary



Central Concepts in the Psychology of Diversity


Introduction


Understanding Diversity


What is the Psychology of Diversity?


What's in a Social Group Label?


Social Biases: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination


What Are They Like? Stereotypes


How Do I Feel About Them? Prejudice


How Do I Treat Them? Discrimination and Fairness


Biases Below and Above the Surface


The Structure of Social Bias


Racism: A Case Example of Social Bias


The Different Layers of Social Bias


Research Methods for the Study of Social Bias


The Scientific Enterprise


Making Sense of the World Scientifically: Theories and Research Methods


Testing Our Ideas: Research Designs


Making Meaning from Research: Measures and Analysis of Data


Summary



Historical Perspectives on Diversity in the United States


Introduction


Push-Pull: Dynamics of Diversity


Immigration, Importation, and Citizenship


U.S. Population Growth is Fueled by Immigration


Who Are Citizens of the United States?


Immigration and Ethnic Diversity


Benevolent Sexism as Legal Argument


Cultural Conditioning of American Indians


Negative Responses to Diversity


Immigration Policy


Civil Rights


Diversity and Civil Rights


Expanding Diversity and Inclusion in U.S. Society Through Civil Rights


Affirmative Action as a Diversity Approach


A Nation of Minorities


Challenges of Diversity


Individual Rights, Diversity, and Prejudice Collide


Diversity and Difference


Majority and Minority


Summary



Psychological Processes



Personality and Individual Differences: How Different Types of People Respond to Diversity in Different Ways


Introduction


Origins of Prejudice: Allport's Lens Model


Personality and Prejudice


The Abnormality of Prejudice: The Psychodynamic Model


Psychodynamic Theory and Prejudice


Prejudice against Difference: The Authoritarian Personality


The Legacy of Authoritarianism: Contemporary Measures


The Normality of Prejudice


Conformity and Norms


Social Dominance


Authoritarianism and SDO: Sometimes a Lethal Combination


Religion and Prejudice


Politics and Prejudice


Individual Differences in Blatant and Subtle Prejudice


Summary



Social Cognition and Categorization: Distinguishing "Us" from "Them"


Introduction


We Are Social Animals


How We Think About People: Social Cognition


Acquiring Information: Attributions


Integrating Information: Cognitive Consistency


How We Think About Groups: Social Categorization and Group Membership


Who Is "In" and Who Is "Out"? Social Categorization


Thinking Differently About Us and Them


What Can We Do? Reducing Bias and Embracing Diversity


"Me" and "You" Instead of "Us" and "Them": Decategorization


Playing on the Same Team: Recategorization


Implications and Applications of Category-based Models for Reducing Bias


Summary



Social Identity, Roles, and Relations: Motivational Influences in Responses to Diversity


Introduction


Feeling Good about Us: Social Identity


Who Am I? Personal and Social Identity


Many Me's: Multiple Identities


My Group Is Better Than Yours: Creating Positive Identity


Confusing "What Is" with "What Should Be": Social Roles and System Justification


Blaming the Victim: Attributions to Groups


Judging Who People Are by What Jobs They Do: Social Roles


Maintaining the Status Quo: System Justification


Slipping into the Darkness: Groups in Competition


"You Dirty Rattler": Conflict between Groups


Threatening What We Have and What We Are: Realistic and Symbolic Conflict


What Can We Do? Changing How Groups Relate


Achieving More Together Than Alone: Superordinate Goals


Putting the Pieces Together: Jigsaw Classroom


You Complete Me (Us): Mutual Intergroup Differentiation


Which Approach Is Best?


Summary



Is Bias in the Brain?


Introduction


What's Under the Hood? The Organization of the Human Brain


How We Know How the Brain Functions


Brain Structure and Function


Brain Structure, Diversity, and Intergroup Relations


Warning! Difference Ahead!


Who Are You? Race and Face Perception


Brain Function and Intergroup Bias


Explicit and Implicit Bias


Contemporary Prejudice


What Can We Do? Addressing Implicit Bias


Acknowledging Implicit Bias


Controlling Implicit Bias Through Unconscious Goals


Summary



Coping and Adapting to Stigma and Difference


Introduction


Social Stigma and Cultural Difference


The Social "Stain" of Stigma


How Social and Cultural Difference Divides Us


Racial Socialization and Acculturation


Preparing Children for a Racialized Society: Racial Socialization


Adapting to a Different Culture: Acculturation


Stresses Caused by Stigma and Difference


Perceiving Discrimination is Bad for Your Health


Stereotype Threat Is "in the Air"


Coping with Perceived Discrimination


How Group Membership Influences the Ways We Cope with Discrimination


The Ways We Cope with Discrimination Individually


Collective Identities


How We Relate to Our Racial Group: Racial Identity


How We Relate to Our Ethnic Group: Ethnic Identity


Summary



Intergroup Interactions: Pitfalls and Promises


Introduction


Psychological Challenges of Intergroup Interaction


Preparing for the "First Date"


Where Do We Go from Here? Experiences in Intergroup Interactions


You (Can) Complete Me


Under the Radar? Implicit Bias and Intergroup Interaction


Some Conclusions About Intergroup Interactions


The Promise of Positive Intergroup Interaction


How Does Contact Work?


Friends of My Friends


Just Imagine!


Summary



Culture, Power, and Institutions



Cultural Diversity: Preferences, Meaning, and Difference


Introduction


What is Culture?


When Do Race Preferences Begin?


Why Do Early Preferences Matter?


How Do Cultures Differ?


What We Value


How We See Power


How We Relate to Others: Individualism-Collectivism


How We Perceive "the Other": Enemyship


How We Understand Time: Psychological Time


How We Create Meaning: Religion


Cultural Diversity


Now We See It, Now We Don't: Perspectives on Cultural Diversity


Culture Wars Promote Conflict and Contest


Culture Peace Promotes Representation and Belonging


Preventing Bias and Favoritism


Summary



Social Roles and Power in a Diverse Society


Introduction


Power Matters


Who's Got the Power? Power Dynamics and Diversity


It's Just Natural: The Power of Social Roles and Social Groups


Who's at the Top and Why? CEOs, Lawyers, and Janitors


Multiple Me: Intersectionality and Power


A Social Hierarchy: What's Diversity Got To Do With It?


Psychological Sources of Power


Skin Color, Social Role, and Power


Social Dominance: My Group Versus Your Group


Social Class as a Source of Power


Pathways to Fairness: Reducing Bias in Power Dynamics


You Have More Power-What Should I Expect?


Maybe the Status Quo Has Too Much Power


Stereotyping: Can It Help and Not Harm?


Summary



The Challenge of Diversity for Institutions


Introduction


Portraits of Institutional Bias


Texaco: Recognizing Diversity Bias and Doing Something About It


An All-Girls Math Class: Educational Bias on Purpose


How Institutional Bias Operates


The Origins of Institutional Bias: A Case Example


Types of Institutional Bias


Most Bias is Standard-of-Practice Bias


Can Affirmative Action Address Institutional Bias?


Home Ownership and Mortgage Lending


Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Age Disparities in Unemployment


The Criminal Justice System and Ethnicity Disparities


Ethnic Disparities in Capital Punishment


Healthcare, Marriage, and Environmental Safety


What Makes Institutional Bias so Challenging?


Effects of Institutional Bias Are Far-reaching


Emotions May Run High


Maybe Poverty Leads to Institutional Bias


Preventing Institutional Bias is a Challenge


Valuing Diversity


Diversity Training in Higher Education


Summary



The Psychology of Diversity: Principles and Prospects


Introduction


Diversity Is Diverse


Diversity When It Is All Good


Diversity Is Normal


Doing Diversity Is Hard


Diversity Demands Change


Diversity Sometimes Stands Opposed to Fairness


Bias Has Deep-seated Psychological Roots and Consequences


Diversity Complicates Interpersonal and Intergroup Interactions


Principles of Diversity: What Have We Learned in This Book?


Bias Against Diversity Is Not Inevitable


Diversity Presents Opportunities to Learn


Interaction Improves Attitudes Toward Other Groups


Diverse Contexts Promote Flexibility, Adaptability, and Creativity


Personal Motivation Can Limit or Prevent Bias


Belief That Biases Can Be Changed Increases People's Interest in Diversity


People Can Learn To Be Unprejudiced


Approach and Avoidance Motivations Are Keys to Diversity Dynamics


Individual Ideology and Values Determine Diversity Attitudes, Support, and Actions


People Are Resilient in the Face of Discrimination


Respect Promotes Diversity Among Members of Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups


Support for Diversity Is Greatest When it Includes Your Group


Programs to Promote Intergroup Relations Can Succeed


Trust Is Crucial for Dealing with Difference and Change


Organizational Values, Goals, and Practices Determine the Success of Diversity Efforts


Conclusion


Glossary


Index