Evaluative processes refer to the operations by which organisms discriminate threatening
from nurturant environments. Low activation of positive and negative evaluative processes …

▪ Abstract We review recent trends and methodological issues in assessing and testing
theories of emotion, and we review evidence that form follows function in the affect system …

Guided by the early findings of social scientists, practitioners have long advocated for
greater contact between groups to reduce prejudice and increase social cohesion. Recent …

Research and theory on intergroup contact have become one of the fastest advancing and
most exciting fields in social psychology in recent years. The work is exciting because it …

Updated to align with the American Psychological Association and the National Council of
Accreditation of Teacher Education accreditation requirements. Focused on increasing the …

We have written this book with an eye and ear toward a variety of audiences, ranging from
practitioners and professionals to researchers like ourselves. The vantage point from which …

I exploit a natural experiment in Indian schools to study how being integrated with poor
students affects the social behaviors and academic outcomes of rich students. Using …

In this 10th Anniversary Edition of her popular text, Sonia Nieto reviews where we have
been and where we should be going in our pursuit of creating multicultural learning …

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

The affect system has been shaped by the hammer and chisel of adaptation and natural
selection such that form follows function. The characteristics of the system thus differ across …