Prejudice : the target's perspective / edited by Janet K. Swim, Charles Stangor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Appraisals of prejudice and discrimination / Lisa Feldman Barrett, Janet K. Swim -- Experiencing everyday prejudice and discrimination / Janet K. Swim, Laurie L. Cohen, and Lauri L. Hyers -- No laughing matter : women's verbal and nonverbal reactions to sexist humor / Marianne LaFrance and Julie A. Woodzicka -- Stereotype threat and the academic underperformance of minorities and women / Joshua Aronson, Diane M. Quinn, Steven J. Spencer -- Conceptualizing the determinants of academic choice and task performance across social groups / Charles Stangor, Gretchen B. Sechrist -- Vulnerability to the affective consequences of the stigma of overweight / Diane M. Quinn and Jennifer Crocker -- Stress and oppressed social category membership / Kevin W. Allison -- Undermined? : Affirmative action from the targets' point of view / Kathryn Truax [and others] -- Compensating for prejudice : how heavyweight people (and others) control outcomes despite prejudice / Carol T. Miller and Anna M. Myers -- Coping with stigma through psychological disengagement / Brenda Major and Toni Schmader -- Coping with group-based discrimination : individualistic versus group-level strategies / Nyla R. Branscombe, Naomi Ellemers -- The everyday functions of African American identity / William E. Cross, Jr., Linda Strauss -- Implications of cultural context : African American identity and possible selves / Daphna Oyserman, Kathy Harrison -- Negotiating social identity / Kay Deaux, Kathleen A. Ethier.

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This book turns the tables on the way prejudice has been looked at in the past. Almost all of the current information on prejudice focuses on the person holding prejudiced beliefs. This book, however, provides the first summary of research focusing on the intended victims of prejudice. Divided into three sections, the first part discusses how people identify prejudice, what types of prejudice they encounter, and how people react to this prejudice in interpersonal and intergroup settings. The second section discusses the effect of prejudice on task performance, assessment of ones own abilities,

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