ADAPTING TO A MULTICULTURAL FUTURE

ADAPTING TO A MULTICULTURAL FUTURE

Humans have an evolved propensity to think categorically about social groups. This propensity is manifest in cognitive processes that have broad implications for public and political endorsement of multicultural policy. Drawing on these principles, we postulate a cognitive-evolutionary account of hu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2012-05, Vol.336 (6083), p.853-855
Hauptverfasser: Crisp, Richard J., Meleady, Rose
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adaptation
Adaptation, Psychological
Biological Evolution
Cognition
Communities
Cultural aspects
Cultural Diversity
Ethnic diversity
Evolution
Forecasting
Human
Humans
Multiculturalism
Policies
Prejudice
Prejudices
Public Policy
REVIEWS & PERSPECTIVES
Social Behavior
Social cognition
Social evolution
Trends
We they distinction
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Zusammenfassung:Humans have an evolved propensity to think categorically about social groups. This propensity is manifest in cognitive processes that have broad implications for public and political endorsement of multicultural policy. Drawing on these principles, we postulate a cognitive-evolutionary account of human adaptation to social diversity. This account explains broad social trends marking a resistance to multiculturalism, while providing an important reorienting call for scholars and policy-makers seeking intervention-based solutions to the problem of prejudice.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1219009