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Stereotype Accuracy: Toward Appreciating Group Differences (Chap. 3 "Accuracy of Stereotypes: What Research on Physical Attractiveness Can Teach Us") » Read Now
by Lee J. Jussim, Yueh-Ting Lee, Clark R. McCauley. 330 pgs.

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Bodies out of Bounds: Fatness and Transgression » Read Now
by Jana Evans Braziel, Kathleen Le Besco. 360 pgs.

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"This is an exceptional collection--the subject is of obvious importance, yet terribly undertheorized and unexamined. I know of no other work that offers what this collection provides."--Marcia Millman, author of "Such a Pretty Face: Being Fat in America
." . . A valuable contribution to scholarly...
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"This is an exceptional collection--the subject is of obvious importance, yet terribly undertheorized and unexamined. I know of no other work that offers what this collection provides."--Marcia Millman, author of "Such a Pretty Face: Being Fat in America
." . . A valuable contribution to scholarly debates on the place of excessive bodies in contemporary culture. This book promises to enrich all areas of inquiry related to the politics of bodies."--Carole Spitzack, author of "Confessing Excess: Women and the Politics of Body Reduction
"This anthology includes a wide range of perceptive and original essays, which explore and analyze the underlying ideologies that have made fat "incorrect." Echoing the spirit of the nineteenth-century adage about children who should be neither seen nor heard, some of the authors powerfully remind us that we keep "bodies out of bound" silenced and unseen-unless, of course, we need to peek at the comic or grotesque."--Raquel Salgado Scherr, co-author of "Face Value: The Politics of Beauty
"Through textual analyses, video/film analyses, television theory, and literary theory, this collection demonstrates the various ways in which dominant representations of fat and corpulence have been both demonized and rendered invisible. . . . This volume will be a crucial corollary to work on the tyranny of slenderness; a collection of different perspectives on the fat body is sorely missing in women's studies, communication, and media studies."--Sarah Banet-Weiser, author of "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World: Beauty Pageants and National Identity
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Assessment of Physique Subtype Stereotypes, in Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs » Read Now
by Richard M. Ryckman, J. Corey Butler, Bill Thornton, Marc A. Lindner. 26 pgs.

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...unfavorable stereotypes of endomorphs...adventurous, physically healthy, and...within global physical-appearance stereotypes is consistent...the negative stereotypes...
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Dimensions of the Physical Attractiveness Stereotype: A Factor/Analytic Study, in Journal of Psychology » Read Now
by Elizabeth Decker Tanke. 11 pgs.

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...interpersonal behavior: On the self-fulfilling nature of social stereotypes". J. Personal. Soc. Psychol. , 1977 , 35, 656-666...interaction and the self-fulfilling prophecy...
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Social Perception and Interpersonal Influence: Some Consequences of the Physical Attractiveness Stereotype in a Personal Selling Setting, in Journal of Consumer Psychology » Read Now
by Peter H. Reingen, Jerome B. Kernan. 14 pgs.

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...Whites hold attractiveness stereotypes more than do Hispanics who...reemphasize that a salespersons physical attractiveness appears to...scale (ATPAS): An index of...
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Are the Beautiful Good in Hollywood? An Investigation of the Beauty-And-Goodness Stereotype on Film, in Basic and Applied Social Psychology » Read Now
by Stephen M. Smith, William D. Mcintosh, Doris G. Bazzini. 12 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...research on physical attractiveness...the pervasive stereotypes that link beauty...strengthened stereotypes in favor of...to favor a physically attractive...Accuracy of...
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The Effect of Age-Related Stereotypes on Response Initiation and Execution, in Journal of General Psychology » Read Now
by Alison L. Chasteen, Jay Pratt. 20 pgs.

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...B. J., Blood H., Shepard K. F. 1986 . Age bias: Physical therapists and older patients . Journal of Gerontology...Dull V., Lui L. 1981 . Perceptions of the elderly:...
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Addressing Stereotypes and Ageism in a Life Span Development Course, in Teaching of Psychology » Read Now
by Jane P. Sheldon. 3 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Rethinking the romance: Teaching the content and function of gender stereotypes in the psychology of women class. Teaching of Psychology...Adulthood age differences in...
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Stereotypes of Extremely Muscular Individuals' Romantic Relationships with Partners of Varying Physiques, in Journal of Psychology » Read Now
by Richard M. Ryckman, J. Corey Butler, Rachel L. Bouchard, Gary W. Crompton. 3 pgs.

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...Stereotypes of Extremely Muscular Individuals...scenarios describing the backgrounds, physical appearance, interests, and hobbies...read one of the following five physical...
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Development of Body Build Stereotypes, Peer Ratings, and Self-Esteem in Australian Children, in Journal of Psychology » Read Now
by Marie C. Lawson. 8 pgs.

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...reaction. The physical characteristics...showed negative stereotypes attached to obese...but popularity, physical attractiveness...association between stereotypes attached...