This chapter has two main objectives: to review influential ideas and findings in the literature
and to outline the organization and content of the volume. The first part of the chapter lays a …

For thousands of years, various spiritual traditions and social activists have appealed to
humans to adopt compassionate ways of living to address the suffering of life. Yet, along …

A new conceptualization and measurement of social dominance orientation—individual
differences in the preference for group based hierarchy and inequality—is introduced. In …

Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination provides a comprehensive and compelling
overview of what psychological theory and research have to say about the nature, causes …

In many countries, individuals who have represented the majority group historically are
decreasing in relative size and/or perceiving that they have diminished status and power …

Noted for its accessibility, this text--now revised and updated to reflect a decade of advances
in the field--examines how attitudes and beliefs about gender profoundly shape all aspects …

Although human existence is enveloped by ideologies, remarkably little is understood about
the relationships between ideological attitudes and psychological traits. Even less is known …

Debate surrounding the issue of inequality and hierarchy between social groups has
become increasingly prominent in recent years. At the same time, individuals disagree about …

Whether and how societal structures shape individual psychology is a foundational question
of the social sciences. Combining insights from evolutionary biology, economy, and the …

The capacity to empathize with others facilitates prosocial behavior. People's willingness
and capacity to empathize, however, is often contingent upon the target's group membership …