Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology Intergroup Processes [Paperback]

This volume will provide an authoritative, state of the art overview of the field of intergroup processes. The volume is divided into nine major sections on cognition, motivation, emotion, communication and social influence, changing intergroup relations, social comparison, self-identity, methods and applications.

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• Provides an authoritative, state of the art overview of the field of intergroup processes.
  
• Divided into nine major sections on cognition, motivation, emotion, communication and social influence, changing intergroup relations, social comparison, self-identity, methods and applications.
  
• Written by leading researchers in the field.
  
• Referenced throughout and include post-chapter annotated bibliographies so readers can access original research articles in order to further their study.
  
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Series Editors' Preface.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Part I: Sociocognitive Processes.

1.The Root of all Evil in Intergroup Relations? Unearthing the Categorization Process. (Penelope Oakes).

2. Stereotypes: Content, Structures, Processes, and Context. (Don Operatio and Susan T. Fiske).

3. Category Dynamics and the Modification of Outgroup Stereotypes. (Myron Rothbart).

4. Developmental and Socialization Influences on Intergroup Bias. (Frances E. Aboud and Maria Amato).

Part II: Motivation.

5. Social Orientations in the Minimal Group Paradigm. (Richard Y. Bourhis and André Gagnon).

6. Aversive Dils.