The social developmental construction of violence and intergroup conflict. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jorge Vala, Sven Waldzus, Maria Manuela Calheiros, editors.
• Editors: Vala, Jorge; Waldzus, Sven; Calheiros, Maria Manuela
• Contents: Power and the Social Self / Ana Guinote and Alice Cai -- From a Sense of Self to Understanding Relations Between Social Groups / Dalila Xavier de França -- Intergroup Relations and Strategies of Minorities / Joana Alexandre, Miriam Rosa and Sven Waldzus -- "Back to the Future:" Ideological Dimensions of Intergroup Relations / Jacques-Philippe Leyens and Jorge Vala -- The Common Ingroup Identity Model and the Development of a Functional Perspective: A Cross-National Collaboration / Sam Gaertner, Rita Guerra, Margarida Rebelo, John Dovidio, Erick Hehman and Mathew Deegan -- When Beliefs Become Stronger than Norms: Paradoxical Expressions of Intergroup Prejudice / Annelyse Pereira -- Parent-Child Interactions as a Source of Parent Cognition in the Context of Child Maltreatment / Maria Manuela Calheiros and Leonor Rodrigues -- The Promotion of Violence by the Mainstream Media of Communication / Patrícia Arriaga, Dolf Zillmann and Francisco Esteves -- Creating a More Inclusive Society: Social-Developmental Research on Intergroup Relations in Childhood and Adolescence / João H.C. António, Rita Correia, Allard R. Feddes and Rita Morais -- The Multi-Norm Structural Social-Developmental Model of Children's Intergroup Attitudes: Integrating Intergroup-Loyalty and Outgroup Fairness Norms / Ricardo Borges Rodrigues, Adam Rutland and Elizabeth Collins. Contributors; Introduction and Overview; Power, Self and Intergroup Relations; 1 Power and the Social Self; Abstract; Introduction; What is Power and How is it Attained?; Effects of Power, Theories, and Mechanisms; Functional Effects of Power Position: Default Attention and Flexibility; Flexibility: When the Powerful Pay Attention; Power, Goal Pursuit, and Social Behavior; Maintaining the Status Quo; Self-serving Goals; Dispositions and Power Roles Can Attenuate the Effects of Power; Power, Experiential Information, and Social Judgments; Power and Legitimacy. Conclusions: An Integrated View of Power and the Social SelfReferences; 2 From a Sense of Self to Understanding Relations Between Social Groups; Abstract; Introduction; The Perception of "I": The First Notions of Identity; The Construction of the Self in Childhood, Middle Childhood, and Early Adolescence; Perceiving People in Childhood: The Development of an Understanding of Others; Children's Conceptions of the Structure of Society: Family, School, and Social Class; Children's Conceptions of Social Groups: National and Racial Groups; Conclusions; References. 3 Intergroup Relations and Strategies of MinoritiesAbstract; Introduction; Is There Power in the Few? Minorities and Their Challenges; Social Fight or Flight: Coping with Minority Status; Social Creativity; Prototypicality Matters: The Role of Superordinate Categories; Ingroup Projection in Asymmetric Intergroup Relations; Minorities' Ingroup Projection; The Role of Complexity; Negative Superordinate Categories; Minorities' Claiming Higher Prototypicality; Summary and Concluding Remarks; References; Social Construction of Identities and Social Categories. 4 "Back to the Future:" Ideological Dimensions of Intergroup RelationsAbstract; Introduction; Disentangling Racially Prejudiced and Non-racially Prejudiced Aspects of Color Blindness and Color Consciousness; Belief in a just World, Secondary Victimization, and Intergroup Relations; Graded Humanity Relies on Metaphorical Ideologies About Alterations of Humanness; Equalitarianism, Meritocracy, and Intergroup Relations; Egalitarianism, Meritocracy, and Infra-Humanization; Egalitarianism, Meritocracy, and Racial Prejudice; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References. 5 The Common Ingroup Identity Model and the Development of a Functional Perspective: A Cross-National CollaborationAbstract; Introduction; Social Categorization and Intergroup Biases; The Common Ingroup Identity Model; Common Superordinate Identity; Dual Identity; Majority and Minority Group Status: A Functional Perspective; Research Conducted with Children in Portugal Supports this Reasoning; Conclusion; Aknowledgments; References; 6 When Beliefs Become Stronger than Norms: Paradoxical Expressions of Intergroup Prejudice; Abstract; Introduction; Norms and Normative Social Influence.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 303.6; Psychology; Social conflict -- Psychological aspects; Violence; Aggressiveness; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society; Aggressiveness; Social conflict -- Psychological aspects; Violence; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Psychology -- Industrial & Organizational Psychology; Sociology: work & labour; Social issues & processes; Occupational & industrial psychology; Consciousness; Quality of Life -- Research; Applied psychology; Psychology -- Personality; The self, ego, identity, personality; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319427270
• Related ISBNs: 331942727X; 9783319427263; 3319427261
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 3, 2016).
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