Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-278) and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the psychology of diversity -- Categories and stereotypes : cognitive processes that shape diversity -- Self-fulfilling prophecy and stereotypic communication : social processes that shape diversity -- Prejudice : evaluating social difference -- Understanding race, racial stereotypes, and racism -- Understanding gender stereotypes and sexism -- Understanding obesity stereotypes and weightism -- Understanding moral prejudice : classism and homosexism -- Understanding age stereotypes and ageism -- Social stigma: the experience of prejudice -- Coping with social stigma -- Responding to social inequality : behavioral and cognitive interventions for reducing prejudice.