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卡罗尔·塔夫里斯，社会心理学家、演说家和作家，著有《愤怒》和《对女性的误解》。艾略特·阿伦森，当今世界上最杰出的社会心理学家之一，著有《社会性动物》和《拼图式课堂》。

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卡罗尔·塔夫里斯，社会心理学家、演说家和作家，著有《愤怒》和《对女性的误解》。艾略特·阿伦森，当今世界上最杰出的社会心理学家之一，著有《社会性动物》和《拼图式课堂》。

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Prejudicesemergefromthedispositionofthehumanmindtoperceiveandprocessinformationincategories."Categories"isanicer,moreneutralwordthan"stereotypes,"butit'sthesamething.Cognitivepsychologistsconsiderstereotypestobeenergy-savingdevicesthatallowustomakeefficientdecisionsonthebasisofpastexperience;helpusquicklyprocessnewinformationandretrievememories;makesenseofrealdifferencesbetweengroups;andpredict,oftenwithconsiderableaccuracy,howotherswillbehaveorhowtheythink.Wewiselyrelyonstereotypesandthequickinformationtheygiveustoavoiddanger,approachpossiblenewfriends,chooseoneschoolorjoboveranother,ordecidethatthatpersonacrossthiscrowdedroomwillbetheloveofourlives.That'stheupside....

——引自章节：overall

Brewer'slittlegirlwasalreadydividingtheworld,aseveryonedoes,intousandthem.Usisthemostfundamentalsocialcategoryinthebrain'sorganizingsystem,andit'shardwired.Eventhecollectivepronounsusandthemarepowerfulemotionalsignals.Inoneexperiment,inwhichparticipantsbelievedtheirverbalskillswerebeingtested,nonsensesyllablessuchasxeh,yof,laj,orwuhwererandomlypairedwitheitheranin-groupword(us,we,orours),anout-groupword(them,they,ortheirs),or,foracontrolmeasure,anotherpronoun(suchashe,hers,oryours).Everyonethenhadtoratethesyllablesonhowpleasantorunpleasanttheywere.Youmightwonderwhyanyonewouldhaveanemotionalfeelingtowardanonsensewordlikeyoforthinkwuhiscuterthanlaj.Yetparticipa...

——引自章节：overall