Social Psychology category: 7378 books
Head Strong
How Psychology is Revolutionizing War
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Psychology is the science that will determine who wins and who loses the wars of the 21st century, just as physics ultimately led the United States to victory in World War II. Changes in the world's political landscape coupled with radical advances in the technology of war will greatly alter how militaries...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
This book provides an introduction to social psychology that covers its history, theories, and core concepts. It explains intrapersonal (how others influence our views about ourselves) and interpersonal (how we think about and act toward other people) applications of this discipline in today's society.
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The Social Psychology of Aggression
2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
The second edition of this textbook provides a thoroughly revised, updated and expanded overview of social psychological research on aggression.
The first part of the book covers the definition and measurement of aggression, presents major theories and examines the development of aggression....
The Scientist and the Humanist
A Festschrift in Honor of Elliot Aronson
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
Elliot Aronson is among the 100 most influential psychologists of the 20th Century. He is best known for his theorizing and research on cognitive dissonance theory -- one of the most provocative and enduring theories in contemporary psychology -- and for his design of the "jigsaw classroom,"...
Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being
The Search for the 'Good Life' and the 'Body Perfect'
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
Advertising, materialism and consumption are central aspects of contemporary Western culture. We are bombarded with idealised images of the perfect body, desirable consumer goods, and affluent lifestyles, yet psychology is only just beginning to take account of the profound influence these consumer...
by Hans-Werner Bierhoff
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2005
How can social bonds in society be strengthened? How do we learn and develop prosocial behaviour?
This comprehensive textbook provides up-to-date coverage of the social phenomenon of prosocial behaviour, incorporating all the major developments in the fields of developmental and social psychology....
Communication and Social Cognition
Theories and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
Communication and Social Cognition represents the explosion of work in the field of social cognition over the past 25 years. Expanding the contribution made by Social Cognition and Communication, published in 1982, this scholarly collection updates the study of communication from a social cognitive...
Filipino American Psychology
A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Praise for Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice
"Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice is destined to make a major contribution to the field of Asian American psychology and to the larger field of multicultural...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
This volume--an outgrowth of the annual meeting of the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology--focuses on examples of social change and community action, and the processes at work in creating change. The presenters engaged each other and the audience in thinking about how best to create...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This closely integrated collection of essays constitutes a wide-ranging and comprehensive attempt to understand persons within psychology--a long-lost enterprise. The volume was inspired by the observation that contemporary psychology has become increasingly depersonalized in its conceptions and its...
by Dr Jenny Mercer, Dr Deborah Clayton, Dr Dominic Upton
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
This revision guide provides concise coverage of the central topics within Social Psychology, presented within a framework designed to help you focus on assessment and exams. The guide is organised to cater for QAA and BPS recommendations for course content. A final chapter revisiting topics from...
The Social Cure
Identity, Health and Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2012
A growing body of research shows that social networks and identities have a profound impact on mental and physical health. With such mounting evidence of the importance of social relationships in protecting health, the challenge we face is explaining why this should be the case. What is it that social...
What Might Have Been
The Social Psychology of Counterfactual Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Within a few short years, research on counterfactual thinking has mushroomed, establishing itself as one of the signature domains within social psychology. Counterfactuals are thoughts of what might have been, of possible past outcomes that could have taken place. Counterfactuals and their implications...
Social Neuroscience
Biological Approaches to Social Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Social Neuroscience provides an updated and critically important survey of contemporary social neuroscience research. In response to recent advances in the field, this book speaks to the various ways that basic biological functions shape and underlie social behavior. The book also shows how an understanding...