Product Description: The study of stereotyping and prejudice is a study of human nature, group mem­ bership, and intergroup relationships. It sheds light on each of these aspects of social psychology. With respect to the first two, it has been observed that since groups provide the best framework for satisfying various human needs, individuals continuously organize themselves in collectives...read more

Collects women's stereotypes of men from interviews, art, politics, and psychology in a controversial 'postfeminist' exposition that argues that man-hating is a 'collective, cultural phenomenon' and not an individual neurosis. National ad/promo. Tour.

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Product Description: This volume presents a collection of chapters exploring the interface of cognitive and affective processes in stereotyping. Stereotypes and prejudice have long been topics of interest in social psychology, but early literature and research in this area focused on affect alone, while later studies focused primarily on cognitive factors associated with information processing strategies...read more

Product Description: What is the nature of the relationship between stereotypes and the features of the social world that they purport to represent? Is it true that stereotyping necessarily involves a perceptual or cognitive distortion of social reality? Most students (and many researchers) embark on the topic with the assumption that in stereotyping the perceiver activates fixed images (eg "women are passive", "the French are arrogant") which both reflect and bolster prejudice through the misrepresentation of people's "true" character...read more

Product Description: For many years the dominant focus in gender relations has been the differences between men and women. Authors like Chodorow, Gilligan, and Tannen (author of the best-seller You Just Don't Understand) have portrayed males and females as possessing different traits, styles, and even different languages, viewing these gender differences as deep-seated and enduring...read more

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Product Description: In Richard Powers' An Alien Among Us, it's your job to lead an intergalactic space mission. Will you accept the challenge?From a list of twelve candidates, players must select six to join the mission based on attributes that fall into categories such as gender, age, religion, nationality, positive attributes and negative attributes...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

What are stereotypes and why do we use them? Are all stereotypes bad? Can we stop people from using them? Questions such as these have fascinated social psychologists for many years.Perry Hinton provides an accessible introduction to this key area, giving a critical and concise overview of the influential theories and approaches, as well as insights into recent work on the role of language and culture in stereotyping. (view table of contents)

In the first comprehensive textbook on prejudice with a strong psychological research base, Whitley and Kite cover a broad range of topics including race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and ageism. By integrating theory and research with students' own experiences, the authors increase students' awareness of influences that shape prejudices. As students are asked to evaluate research results and their personal, subjective beliefs, they develop an appreciation of scientific evidence regarding stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination.

Using a corporate approach, this introductory financial accounting text relates principles to real-life situations, illustrating them in a business context through the use of examples and problems. The text includes a variety of end of chapter materials incorporating ethics, financial statements, decision making and writing, and computers. An instructors manual and media guide is also available (ISBN: 0-13-311853-3).

Financial Accounting, 6e helps users LEARN, PRACTICE, and REMBEMBER the accounting cycle. A specially designed Accounting Cycle Tutorial program is integrated in the first three chapters (icons in the margin point readers to an online program, a free website that accompanies the book). The program includes tutorials, interactive animations, and practice questions that provide readers with additional, beyond the book instruction on the accounting cycle. This book also provides a no password required online practice environment where readers can work on problems that help them master the accounting cycle and gauge their comprehension. A unique Accounting Cycle Pocket Guide is included for readers to use as a handy reference–it illustrates the key steps in the accounting cycle. This book covers the full range of topics in financial accounting: financial statements, processing information, accrual accounting, internal control and cash, short-term investments and receivables, inventory, plant assets, current and long-term liabilities, stockholders' equity, long-term investments and international operations, using the income statement and statement of stockholders' equity, the statement of cash flows, and financial statement analysis. For accountants and employees in accounting departments.

Product Description: A stereotype is a commonly held public belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. This book presents current research in the study of stereotypes, including speech pathologists stereotyping stutterers; stereotype formation in children; the social neuroscience research applied to the study of stereotypes; Western societies' ageism stereotyping in the workforce; gender relationship portrayal in sport advertisements perpetuate sexist stereotyping; the psychological implications of stereotyping American Indians through the use of native-themed mascots, nicknames and logos; as well as when stereotypes become life-threatening...read more

Product Description: This new edition of Prejudice provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject, introducing the major theoretical ideas as well as providing a critical analysis of recent developments. Takes a social psychological perspective, analysing individual behavior as part of a pattern of intergroup processes Covers the major research, including classical personality accounts, developmental approaches, socio-cognitive research focussing on categorization and stereotyping, prejudice as an intergroup phenomenon, and ways to combat prejudice Illustrates concepts with examples of different kinds of prejudice drawn from everyday life Includes a new chapter on prejudice from the victim's perspective Fully updated throughout, with expansion of the notions of explicit and implicit manifestations of prejudice...read more

Product Description: From Dancing With the Stars finalist Cristian de la Fuente comes a tongue-in-cheek guide to understanding Latino culture-now in paperback. As a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, international star and actor Cristián de la Fuente automatically assumed the role of the flashy Latino dancer, donning bright fuchsia costumes with his bare chest exposed...read more