The psychology of social and cultural diversity / / edited by Richard J. Crisp

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910140736403321
• Autore: Crisp Richard J. <1973->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: West Sussex, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2010; ©2010
• ISBN: 1-282-79457-4; 9786612794575; 1-4443-5177-X; 1-4443-9048-1; 1-4051-9561-4; 1-4443-2544-2; 1-4443-2545-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Collana: Social Issues and Interventions
• Disciplina: 302; 305.8009/051; 305.8009051
• Soggetti: Social groups; Categorization (Psychology); Group identity; Cultural pluralism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Psychology of Social and Cultural Diversity; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Series Preface; 1 Introduction; Part I: Social Identity; 2 Social Identity Complexity and Acceptance of Diversity; 3 Facilitating the Development and Integration of Multiple Social Identities: The Case of Immigrants in Québec; 4 Costs and Benefits of Switching among Multiple Social Identities; Part II: Culture; 5 Multicultural Identity: What It Is and Why It Matters; 6 What I Know in My Mind and Where My Heart Belongs: Multicultural Identity Negotiation and its Cognitive Consequences; Part III: Intergroup Attitudes7 Multiculturalism and Tolerance: An Intergroup Perspective; 8 Diversity Experiences and Intergroup Attitudes; Part IV: Intergroup Relations; 9 The Effects of Crossed Categorizations in Intergroup Interaction; 10 Complexity of Superordinate Self-Categories and Ingroup Projection; Part V: Group Processes; 11 The Categorization-Elaboration Model of Work Group Diversity: Wielding the Double-Edged Sword; 12 Divided We Fall, or United We Stand? How Identity Processes Affect Faultline Perceptions and the Functioning of Diverse Teams; Part VI: Interventions; 13 Combined Effects of Intergroup Contact and Multiple Categorization: Consequences for Intergroup Attitudes in Diverse Social Contexts14 The Application of Diversity-based Interventions to Policy and Practice; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Promoting a scholarly understanding of the psychology of social and cultural diversity in the early stages of 21st century, this volume encourages an in-depth appreciation of the value in diversity while directly addressing social intervention and policy implications. Offers, for the very first time, an integrated approach to the issues raised by increasingly complex representations of social identityExplores the psychological implications and applications of new forms of social and cultural diversityIncludes research from a diverse range of scholars that covers a broad spectr