Felicia Pratto
Felicia Pratto | |
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| Occupation | Professor of Psychology |
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| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University, New York University |
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| Institutions | University of Connecticut |
Felicia Pratto (born 1961) is a social psychologist known for her work on intergroup relations, dynamics of power, and social cognition. She is Professor of Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut. Pratto is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.
Pratto is co-author, with Jim Sidanius, of Social dominance: An intergroup theory of social hierarchy and oppression. This book describes how societies are structured through group-based social hierarchies, and how societal structures lead to intergroup conflict, racism, classism, and patriarchy.