Psychology and Race by Watson, Peter;

Short description:

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

Long description:

Since the problems of race relations are worldwide, the international origins and perspectives of this excellent and timely book are especially advantageous. More research has been done in the United States than elsewhere on the psychology of race relations, so it is appropriate that a plurality of the chapters of this book are by American authors--a stellar group that includes leading contributors to our contemporary knowledge of the topic. Contributors from the English-speaking Commonwealth countries are next in number, followed by authors from the United Kingdom, where race-related issues have only recently become a salient concern of politics and social ethics. The editor has assigned topics to his carefully chosen author-experts not by country or region, but by matching the expertise of each author against a need for coherent analysis of the important aspects of aepsychology and race.'

Psychology and Race is divided into two major parts. The first half of the book looks at the interracial situation itself. The first section concentrates on the majority or dominant group, and describes the development and measurement of racial awareness and prejudice and techniques for reducing prejudice; the second section focuses on the reactions of subordinate or minority groups; and the third deals with specific aspects of interpersonal interaction-attitudes, behavior, and performance--when the people concerned are of different races. The book also looks at those areas of life where race is relevant and where psychology can help in an understanding of the situation.

The scope of this volume, the distinction of its authors, and the hardheaded sense of reality it brings to the discussion of these extremely complex issues will make it an invaluable resource not only for teachers and students but also for everyone concerned in any way with this most pressing issue of our times.

Table 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