Psychology and Race

Since the problems of race relations are worldwide, the international origins and perspectives of this excellent and timely book are especially advantageous

List of contents

Part One: Aspects of Interracial Interaction; Section A: Focus on the Majority Group; Chapter One: The Development of Racial Awareness and Prejudice in Children; Chapter 2: The Measurement of Prejudice; Chapter 3: The Roots of Prejudice: Emotional Dynamics; Chapter 4: The Roots of Prejudice: Cognitive Aspects 1; Chapter 5: Techniques for Reducing Prejudice: Changing the Prejudiced Person; Chapter 6: Techniques for Reducing Prejudice: Changing the Situation; Section B: Focus on the Minority Group; Chapter 7: Colour: The Nature and Meaning of Negro Self-Identity; Chapter 8: Status: The Marginal Reaction - Mixed-Bloods and Jews; Chapter 9: Migration: Problems of Adjustment and Assimilation in Immigrants; Section C: Focus on the Interaction; Chapter 10: Interpersonal Attitudes and Behaviour in Race Relations; Chapter 11: Negro Performance in Interracial Situations; Chapter 12: Some Mechanics of Racial Etiquette; Chapter 13: Race Relations and Behaviour in Reality; Part Two: The Race Variable and Key Issues in Psychology; Section D: The Interaction of Personality and Culture; Chapter 14: Culture, Personality and Prejudice; Chapter 15: Family, Marital and Child-Rearing Patterns in Different Ethnic Groups; Section E: Education; Chapter 16: Education and Immigrants; Chapter 17: Race and Intelligence through the Looking Glass; Chapter 18: Alternatives to a Personality-Deficit Interpretation of Negro Under-Achievement 1; Section F: Language; Chapter 19: Learning Each Other's Languages; Chapter 20: The Sociolinguistics of Nationalism; Section G: A Miscellany of Other Key Issues; Chapter 21: Psychiatric Disorders in Minority Groups; Chapter 22: Crime and Delinquency in Immigrant and Minority Groups; Chapter 23: Tests as Inadvertent Sources of Discrimination in Personnel Decisions 1

About the author

Peter Watson

Summary

Since the problems of race relations are worldwide, the international origins and perspectives of this excellent and timely book are especially advantageous

Product details

• Authors: Peter Watson, Watson Peter
• Assisted by: Peter Watson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138531086
• ISBN: 978-1-138-53108-6
• No. of pages: 491
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Physiological psychology, neuropsychology, biopsychology