1st Edition

Advances in Prejudice Research Volume 1 New Empirical and Theoretical Directions in Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination

Edited By Todd D. Nelson Copyright 2026
204 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Advances in Prejudice Research, Volume 1 showcases the latest cutting-edge programmatic research and new theory on prejudice in all of its forms. This first volume in an annual series presents compelling research on prejudice that highlights important new theoretical advances.

Chapters cover a range of topics relevant to prejudice, including prejudice reduction on a large scale, ethnocentrism, development of prejudice in chidren, weight-related discrimination, and perceptions of prejudice in different status groups.Each chapter discusses results of the newest research experiments that either extend knowledge about existing theories or advance support for new theories.

Intended to move the scientific field of prejudice research forward in a novel and thought-provoking way, this book will be essential reading for researchers, postgraduate students and academics in the fields of social psychology, political psychology and sociology.

1.      A Framework for the Attributions of Ideology and Motivation from Identity Safety Efforts

Kimberly E. Chaney, Izilda Pereira-Jorge, & Flora Oswald

2.      Strategic Intolerance: Investigating the Intersection of Ethnocentrism, Ethnic Prejudice, and Machiavellianism

Boris Bizumic & Conal Monaghan

3.      Changing Structures Along With People to Reduce Prejudice Using Field Experiments

Ruth K. Ditlmann

4.      The Prototype Model of Attributions to Discrimination

Laurie T. O’Brien, Maria Casteigne, Yvette Bivinis-Sanchez, & Tyler Waldon-Lee

Biography

Todd D. Nelson is a professor of psychology at California State University-Stanislaus, where he has taught for 28 years. His research specialization is in prejudice and stereotyping. He has published extensively and is the author of the Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination.