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In response to a dramatic increase of illegal immigration in the European Union, in the fall of 2015 Latvia agreed to accept several hundreds of refugees on its soil. Nevertheless, Latvian society remains very sceptic about these plans, and reportedly demonstrates strong negative attitudes towards refugees. According to the survey, by the end of 2015 the factual experience of interaction with refugees did not exceed ten per cent of Latvian population. This suggests that most of the real attitudes are formed by mass media and other socialisation agents. In order to uncover the nature of these feelings, the present study has been designed to make an in-depth social psychological study on attitudes. One thousand Latvian residents evenly representing Latvia's demography have taken part in this study. A modified Stephan's Prejudicial Attitude Survey has been used to study prejudice. Negative stereotyping represents one of the emotional components of attitudes towards refugees. The results illustrate the palette of emotions and the level of their expression in Latvian society, and highlight the feelings, which may shape the identity of the in-group.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 "Religions are belief systems" -- The problems with belief -- The problem with "religions are belief systems": The case of American religions -- Conclusion -- 2 "Religions are intrinsically violent" -- Some brief historical background -- Religions are intrinsically peaceful clichés -- Some examples of the cliché in popular culture -- Conclusion -- 3 "Religion makes people moral" -- What is morality? What is religion? -- Gods, morality, and cognitive evolution -- Modes of religiosity -- Behaving badly with God on your side -- Big gods and surveillance -- Conclusion -- 4 "Religion concerns the transcendent" -- Otto and Eliade: Manufacturers of "the sacred" -- Scholars and the sacred -- The sacred is everywhere: Modern uses of the sacred concept -- 5 "Religion is a private matter" -- Clarifying this cliché -- A caveat -- The history behind the cliché -- Religion as "private" in the study of religion -- Historicizing the present -- 6 "Religions are mutually exclusive" -- The unstated cliché -- Development of the cliché -- The power of the cliché -- 7 "I'm spiritual but not religious" -- Making meaning -- Situated meaning -- Not Taking Meaning for Granted -- Applications to claims of being "spiritual but not religious" -- 8 "Learning about religion leads to tolerance" -- Christian ecumenical origins -- Modern developments -- Popular success and critique -- Conclusion -- 9 "Everyone has a faith" -- Hidden assumptions of the cliché -- Inventing "faith" as human nature -- James Fowler and the Stages of Faith -- The stereotype in American popular culture -- Conclusion: The power of cliché in everyday life -- 10 "Religion is bullshit"

Salience of sexual identity was varied in intergroup interaction for 75 female and 77 male college students. Participants rated attraction for and made attributions of sex-linked personality traits to men and women presented on slides. Under conditions of high as compared to low group
salience, own group members were rated as more attractive than other group members, men made greater use of the male competence stereotype and women made greater use of the female warmth stereotype. These findings were interpreted as consistent with a social comparison interpretation of intergroup
interaction.

Religion can heal, but it can hurt as well. This collection of essays addresses some key issues of religious stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination, and considers a wide range of important topics which haunt our societies today. When stereotyping becomes the oxygen we inhale, when it is so important to us that we cannot see how we can survive without it - what can and should we do? Twenty-two scholars from Australia, Europe, the Middle East and North America explore the anatomy of various forms of stereotyping and ways to oppose them

"Stereotyping and Political Decision Making" published on by Oxford University Press.

"Intersectional Stereotyping in Political Decision Making" published on by Oxford University Press.

"Gender Stereotyping in Political Decision Making" published on by Oxford University Press.