Social Psychology category: 7378 books
Methodologies in Peace Psychology
Peace Research by Peaceful Means
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
This volume looks at research methods through the lens of peace studies and peace values. Apart from reviewing established methods from peace psychology, it presents some innovative ideas for conducting research in the area of peace psychology. Many of these methods are drawn from the field, from...
by Chi-Yue Chiu, Ying-yi Hong
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
As the speed of globalization accelerates, world cultures are more closely connected to each other than ever before. But what exactly is culture? It seems to be involved in all psychological processes, but can its psychological consequences be studied scientifically? How can cultural differences be...
by John W. Thibaut
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
This landmark theory of interpersonal relations and group functioning argues that the starting point for understanding social behavior is the analysis of dyadic interdependence. Such an analysis portrays the ways in which the separate and joint actions of two persons affect the quality of their lives...
Identical Twins
The Social Construction and Performance of Identity in Culture and Society
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
In Identical Twins: The Social Construction and Performance of Identity in Culture and Society, Ncube conceptualises twin identity as a multi-layered dynamic that changes through performance, and explores twin identity through a social constructionist approach.
Until now, mainstream twin studies...
Collaborative Remembering
Theories, Research, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
We remember in social contexts. We reminisce about the past together, collaborate to remember shared experiences, and, even when we are alone, we remember in the context of our communities and cultures. Taking an interdisciplinary approach throughout, this text comprehensively covers collaborative...
Evolutionary Psychology
The New Science of the Mind
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
This book examines human psychology and behavior through the lens of modern evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary Psychology: The Ne w Science of the Mind, 5/e provides students with the conceptual tools of evolutionary psychology, and applies them to empirical research on the human mind. Content...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology is the seminal reference in the field of positive psychology, which in recent years has transcended academia to capture the imagination of the general public. The handbook provides a roadmap for the psychology needed by the majority of the population -- those...
by Michael B. Salzman
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
This thought-provoking treatise explores the essential functions that culture fulfills in human life in response to core psychological, physiological, and existential needs. It synthesizes diverse strands of empirical and theoretical knowledge to trace the development of culture as a source of morality,...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2008
The field of forensic psychology explores the intersection of psychology and the law. The purpose of this book is to examine topics in the field using the powerful, multidisciplinary, conceptually integrated approach that the natural sciences have embraced for decades with great success. Darwin's...
Knowledge and Memory: the Real Story
Advances in Social Cognition, Volume VIII
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Narrative forms of mental representation and their influence on comprehension, communication and judgment, have rapidly become one of the main foci of research and theory in not only psychology but also other disciplines, including linguistics, sociology, and anthropology. No one has been more responsible...
by Meg John Barker
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
What can psychology teach us about sex?
How do different bodies and brains respond sexually?
How can we prevent people being stigmatised for their sexuality?
The Psychology of Sex takes you on a tour through the different ways that psychologists have created and sustained certain...
Domestic Violence and Psychology
Critical Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2019
Despite changes to laws and policies across most western democracies intended to combat violence to women, intimate partner violence and abuse (IPVA) remains discouragingly commonplace.
Domestic Violence and Psychology: Critical Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse showcases...
Knowledge in Context
Representations, Community and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
This book explores the relationship between knowledge and context through a novel analysis of processes of representation. Sandra Jovchelovitch argues that representation, a social psychological construct relating self, other and object-world, is at the basis of all knowledge. Understanding its genesis...
The Science of Stories
An Introduction to Narrative Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
The Science of Stories explores the role narrative plays in human life. Supported by in-depth research, the book demonstrates how the ways in which people tell their stories can be indicative of how they construct their worlds and their own identities.
Based on linguistic analysis and computer...