This dissertation examines the relations between lay theories about the nature of social categories and prejudice towards social groups. In Part 1, a new scale for measuring prejudice towards a wide-range of social categories (e.g., African Americans, homosexuals, evangelical Christians) was developed. Subsequently, this scale was used to examine the relation between prejudice and believing that category memberships are caused by either choice or genetics. Results indicated the relations between lay theories and prejudice varied depending on whether particular categories were understood as stigmatized because category memberships are viewed as inherently wrong (alternately, categories may be stigmatized not because membership is viewed as...
For more than 80 years, understanding the causes, consequences, and remedies for prejudice has been ...
Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination provides a comprehensive and compelling overview of what ...
The present research investigates how people’s general epistemic motives may inspire essentialist be...
This dissertation examines the relations between lay theories about the nature of social categories ...
The relationship between essentialist thinking (e.g., belief in genetic or biological determinism) a...
Three main theoretical approaches to the study of the causation of prejudice can be distinguished wi...
Background: Evolutionary theory suggests prejudice may be a result of the evolution of human sociali...
Background: Evolutionary theory suggests prejudice may be a result of the evolution of human sociali...
Prejudice can be expressed toward a wide array of target groups, but it is often operationalized as ...
Structural equation modeling on questionnaire data showed that different kinds of prejudice (concern...
Prejudice and discrimination are facts of life for members of stigmatized groups. This dissertation ...
A study with British participants (N = 90) tested a potential mediator of the effect of essentialist...
<div><p>Essentialist beliefs about social groups can contribute to prejudice and intergroup distanci...
Structural equation modeling on questionnaire data showed that different kinds of prejudice (concern...
Social psychology researchers have become increasingly interested in the role of essentialist belief...
For more than 80 years, understanding the causes, consequences, and remedies for prejudice has been ...
Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination provides a comprehensive and compelling overview of what ...
The present research investigates how people’s general epistemic motives may inspire essentialist be...
This dissertation examines the relations between lay theories about the nature of social categories ...
The relationship between essentialist thinking (e.g., belief in genetic or biological determinism) a...
Three main theoretical approaches to the study of the causation of prejudice can be distinguished wi...
Background: Evolutionary theory suggests prejudice may be a result of the evolution of human sociali...
Background: Evolutionary theory suggests prejudice may be a result of the evolution of human sociali...
Prejudice can be expressed toward a wide array of target groups, but it is often operationalized as ...
Structural equation modeling on questionnaire data showed that different kinds of prejudice (concern...
Prejudice and discrimination are facts of life for members of stigmatized groups. This dissertation ...
A study with British participants (N = 90) tested a potential mediator of the effect of essentialist...
<div><p>Essentialist beliefs about social groups can contribute to prejudice and intergroup distanci...
Structural equation modeling on questionnaire data showed that different kinds of prejudice (concern...
Social psychology researchers have become increasingly interested in the role of essentialist belief...
For more than 80 years, understanding the causes, consequences, and remedies for prejudice has been ...
Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination provides a comprehensive and compelling overview of what ...
The present research investigates how people’s general epistemic motives may inspire essentialist be...