1st Edition

Cognitive Processes in Stereotyping and Intergroup Behavior

Edited By David L. Hamilton Copyright 1981
    378 Pages
    by Psychology Press

    380 Pages
    by Psychology Press

    Originally published in 1981, this volume brings together contributions by several of the authors whose research had contributed significantly to the recent advances in our understanding of the role of cognitive processes in stereotyping and intergroup behaviour at the time. While each chapter reflects a cognitive approach to its subject matter, a broad range of topics, issues, and contexts is addressed by this collection of authors.

    In the introductory chapter the authors present an historical overview of psychological research on stereotyping, discussing historical trends in this literature and summarizing the conceptual orientations which had guided research in this area at the time. This chapter not only provides useful background information for the reader but also presents a broader context within which the current cognitively oriented research, on which the remaining chapters focus, can be viewed. Each of the next six chapters reports on integrative program of studies bearing on some aspect of the relationship of cognitive functioning to stereotyping and/or intergroup behaviour.

    Preface.  1. Conceptual Approaches to Stereotypes and Stereotyping Richard D. Ashmore and Frances K. Del Boca  2. Sex Stereotypes and Implicit Personality Theory Richard D. Ashmore  3. A Categorization Approach to Stereotyping Shelley E. Taylor  4. Illusory Correlation as a Basis for Stereotyping David L. Hamilton  5. Memory Processes and Social Beliefs Myron Rothbart  6. On the Self-Perpetuating Nature of Social Stereotypes Mark Snyder  7. Perceiving Persons as a Group: Categorization and Intergroup Relations David A. Wilder  8. Cognitive and Dyadic Processes in Intergroup Contact Terence L. Rose  9. Extending the Stereotype Concept Thomas F. Pettigrew  10. Stereotyping and Intergroup Behavior: Some Thoughts on the Cognitive Approach David L. Hamilton.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

    Biography

    David L. Hamilton