Manichean Psychology: Racism and the Minds of People of African Descent"Most of the current research is concerned with the third domain. Scholars have generated analyses of deteriorated family structures, negative attitudes, violent behavior, and poor academic achievement, among others. Some excellent studies have also been completed on stimulus events and the racist environments. Very little research has been done on the second domain, the mental processes. It is the purpose of Manichean Psychology to fill this void.". |
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Page 105
... tend not to trust or make use of the system as it is constituted . Perhaps this is the clearest indication that African Amer- icans perceive the disparities between health care systems . Black peo- ple tend to be reluctant to use ...
... tend not to trust or make use of the system as it is constituted . Perhaps this is the clearest indication that African Amer- icans perceive the disparities between health care systems . Black peo- ple tend to be reluctant to use ...
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... tend to retain their novelty by changing form but not substance . Thus , African people persist in orienting to this input and often pro- cess it without assuming a particularly critical or defensive cognitive posture . In some ...
... tend to retain their novelty by changing form but not substance . Thus , African people persist in orienting to this input and often pro- cess it without assuming a particularly critical or defensive cognitive posture . In some ...
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... tend to recognize the target as a word more rapidly when the prime word was related to the target than when it was unrelated to it . It is likely that an unconscious or preconscious network of associations has been activated by the ...
... tend to recognize the target as a word more rapidly when the prime word was related to the target than when it was unrelated to it . It is likely that an unconscious or preconscious network of associations has been activated by the ...
Contents
The Meaning and Impact of Racism | 1 |
Methods of Study | 53 |
Environmental Stimuli and Manichean Thinking | 91 |
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