Social behavior is ordinarily treated as being under conscious (if not always thoughtful)
control. However, considerable evidence now supports the view that social behavior often …

En juin 1991, on a mené une enquête nationale sur les attitudes multiculturelles et
ethniques; l'echantillon représentatif était de 2500 et des échantillons superposés étaient …

All societies that maintain armies maintain the belief that some things are more valuable
than life itself. Just what is so valued varies. In previous times, wars were fought for causes …

Following the work of Blumer (1958), I extend and test a theory of prejudice based on
perceived threats to dominant racial or national groups by subordinate groups. Perceived …

This paper develops, measures, and tests two types of intergroup prejudice—blatant and
subtle. Blatant prejudice is the traditional, often studied form; it is hot, close and direct. Subtle …

In this examination of the monster as cultural object, Judith Halberstam offers a rereading of
the monstrous that revises our view of the Gothic. Moving from the nineteenth century and …

The relationship between attitudes and behavior has been the topic of considerable debate.
This article reports a meta-analysis of 88 attitude-behavior studies that reveals that attitudes …

In 1987, B. Schneider proposed a person‐oriented model of organizational behavior based
on the proposition that it is the collective characteristics of people who define an …

The present study demonstrates that (1) computer personalities can be easily created using
a minimal set of cues, and (2) that people will respond to these personalities in the same …

This text examines the concepts and assumptions of the five major sociological theories and
the classical roots of the modern theories. It focuses upon functionalism, conflict theory …