Social Psychology category: 7378 books
Narrative and the Politics of Identity
The Cultural Psychology of Israeli and Palestinian Youth
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
Since the late nineteenth century, Jews and Arabs have been locked in an intractable battle for national recognition in a land of tremendous historical and geopolitical significance. While historians and political scientists have long analyzed the dynamics of this bitter conflict, rarely has an archeology...
The Story of Sexual Identity
Narrative Perspectives on the Gay and Lesbian Life Course
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2009
This book assembles a diverse group of scholars working within a new, pathbreaking paradigm of sexual science, fusing perspectives from history, sociology, and psychology. The contributors are united in their commitment to the idea of "narrative" as central to the study of sexual identity, offering...
Oral Arguments Before the Supreme Court
An Empirical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2008
Of all the steps in the Supreme Court's decision-making process, only one is visible to the public: the oral arguments. By carefully analyzing transcripts of all the oral arguments available to the public, Professor Wrightsman provides empirical answers to a number of questions about the operation...
Positive Psychology
The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
Positive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths comprehensively covers the science and application of positive psychology. Authors Shane J. Lopez, Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti, and C. R. Snyder bring positive psychology to life by illustrating issues such as how psychological...
by Becky Lynn Omdahl
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
In a wide array of social sciences, interest in emotion is flourishing. Psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, communication scholars, and cognitive scientists are exploring human emotions in a variety of contexts. This book speaks to central issues raised by scholars in these disciplines through...
Predicting and Changing Behavior
The Reasoned Action Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
This book describes the reasoned action approach, an integrative framework for the prediction and change of human social behavior. It provides an up-to-date review of relevant research, discusses critical issues related to the reasoned action framework, and provides methodological and conceptual tools...
by Gary Wood
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
What is the difference between sex and gender? What is the impact of gender-role stereotypes on our lives, our relationships and the world? What does gender mean to you?
The Psychology of Gender looks at our biology, history and culture to consider the impact of gender roles and stereotypes,...
by Louis Howell
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Psychology - Social Psychology, , language: English, abstract: As noted by Karmen (2013), media coverage has given victims with firsthand experiences a public platform to campaign for wider societal reforms. The Curleys was given national attention to...
by James B. Stiff, PhD, Paul A. Mongeau
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Providing an accessible integration of theory and research methods, this text prepares students to critically analyze persuasive appeals and to design effective messages and campaigns. The book draws on key ideas from both communication and social psychology to explore the mutual influence of cognitive...
Neuroeconomics of Prosocial Behavior
The Compassionate Egoist
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
This summary of recent research in neuroeconomics aims to explain how and why a person can sometimes be generous, helpful, and cooperative, yet other times behave in a self-interested and/or exploitative manner. The book explains a dual process of analysis measuring immediate needs of the individual,...
Creativity and Community among Autism-Spectrum Youth
Creating Positive Social Updrafts through Play and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2016
This edited volume explores the roles of socially-channeled play and performance in the developmental trajectories of young people who fall on the autism spectrum. The contributors offer possibilities for channels of activity through which youth on the autism spectrum may find acceptance, affirmation,...
Relationships, Well-Being and Behaviour
Selected works of Harry Reis
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts themselves present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions.
In this fascinating...
Attitude Change
The Competing Views
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
What are attitudes and how are they modified? The many opposing theories to answer this question reflects not only the complexity but also the importance of the field. A central concern of social psychology, attitude change is also relevant to the study of human behavior in general, and a matter of...
by Francesca Eleuteri
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Stereotypes are beliefs regarding the traits, attributes, and behaviors of members of certain groups. They are not only beliefs, but also theories about how and why certain attributes go together. Furthermore, stereotypes can have both negative and positive connotations, although it is more likely...