Professor Scott Plous

Social Psychology Wesleyan University

FURTHER READINGS AND VIEWINGS

Lecture 4.2: How Categorical Thinking Gives Rise to Prejudice

Works Cited or Referred To A human being is a part of the

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whole, being
called byisusa"universe,"
part of the a
(1) Allport, G. W. (1979). The nature of prejudice (25th part limited in time and space. a
whole, called by us "universe,"
partexperiences
He limited in time andand
himself space.
his
anniv. ed.). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.
thoughts and feelings as his
He experiences himself and
thoughts and
something feelingsfrom
separated as the
(2) Davis, F. J. (2001). Who is Black? One nation's something separated from the
rest—a kind of optical delusion
definition (10th anniv. ed.). University Park, PA: rest—a kind of optical delusion
of his consciousness…. Not to
Pennsylvania State University Press. of his consciousness….
nourish the delusion but Nottoto
try to
overcome it is the way toto
nourish the delusion but try to
reach
(3) Wade, N. (2005, August 2). Your body is younger overcome it is the way to
the attainable measure of piece reach
than you think. New York Times, pp. F1-F4. themind.
of attainable measure of piece
of mind.
–Albert Einstein, 1950
(4) Whitney, E. N., & Rolfes, S. R. (1993). –Albert Einstein,
Understanding nutrition (6th ed.). St. Paul, MN: West 1950
Publishing Company.

Related Wikipedia Entries

(1) Death, Problems of Definition: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death#Problems_of_definition

(2) Gender: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender

(3) Gender Identity: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity

(4) Intersex: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex

(5) Prejudice: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prejudice

(6) Race: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_categorization)

(7) Identity (social science): www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_identity

Social Psychologists and Other Researchers Mentioned

(1) Gordon Allport: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Allport

Related Videos

(1) Can prejudice ever be a good thing? (16 minutes)

Related Links

(1) Prejudice, Discrimination, and Diversity (from Social Psychology Network)

Assigned Documentary Videos

(1) Race: The Power of an Illusion

Courtesy of California Newsreel: http://newsreel.org/video/race-the-power-of-an-illusion

(2) Middle Sexes: Defining He and She

Courtesy of Antony Thomas: http://www.antonythomas.co.uk

Courtesy of HBO: http://www.hbo.com/