Social Psychology category: 7378 books
Aging in a Second Language
A Case Study of Aging, Immigration, and an English Learner Speech Community
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
This unique account of English language acquisition by Latino elders shines intimate light on the increasingly complex concerns of aging immigrant minority populations. Rich qualitative findings detail sociocultural barriers to and social and emotive factors that promote second language acquisition...
by Karen R. Foster
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Just what is a generation? And why, if at all, does it matter? This book asks what generation means to ordinary people, arguing that generation is real and it matters, but not in the ways that we think. Generations are not groups of people who can be categorized and attributed with static, immutable...
Society in the Self
A Theory of Identity in Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Instead of considering society as a social environment, Society in the Self begins from the assumption that society works in the deepest regions of self and identity, as expressed in phenomena like self-sabotage, self-radicalization, self-cure, self-government, self-nationalization, and self-internationalization....
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Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2019
Gossip and reputation are core processes in societies and have substantial consequences for individuals, groups, communities, organizations, and markets.. Academic studies have found that gossip and reputation have the power to enforce social norms, facilitate cooperation, and act as a means of social...
Crosscutting Social Circles
Testing a Macrostructural Theory of Intergroup Relations
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Crosscutting Social Circles describes a theory of groups' relations to each other, and tests the theory in the 125 largest metropolitan areas In the United States. The focus is on the Influence social structure exerts on intergroup relations. Blau and Schwartz show how role relations are influenced...
by Sorin Adam Matei
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2011
To what degree can the human exchanges we observe online be called “sociability”? In other words, do these exchanges amount to any meaningful type of social organization? Are they more than the mere froth of collective emotion discharging its energy with a lot of noise but little consequence against...
by James M. Jasper
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
In Donald Trump’s America, protesting has roared back into fashion. The Women’s March, held the day after Trump’s inauguration, may have been the largest in American history, and resonated around the world. Between Trump’s tweets and the march’s popularity, it is clear that displays of anger...
Social Psychiatry across Cultures
Studies from North America, Asia, Europe, and Africa
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
The World Health Organization's concept of health as "the condition of psychophysical and social well-being" must be translated into opera tional terms. The objective is to place the human person within the social system, given that mental health, mental illness, and suffering are individual,...
by Giano Rocca
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2017
Searching for happiness is considered a private matter, individual, and the results of that research are considered to be a consequence: of the individual's fortune, character, or merit. This conception, often, leads to a lack of sense in life and to consider life itself as a reality that does not...
by Julian Manley
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
This book describes a way of sharing dreams in a group, called ‘social dreaming’. It explores how the sharing of real, night time dreams, in a group, can offer information on and insight into ourselves and the worlds we live in and share. It investigates how we can turn dream images, and ideas...
Rule Makers, Rule Breakers
How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
A celebrated social psychologist offers a radical new perspective on cultural differences that reveals why some countries, cultures, and individuals take rules more seriously and how following the rules influences the way we think and act.
In Rule Makers, Rule Breakers, Michele Gelfand, “an...
Counselling in Cultural Contexts
Identities and Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2019
This accessible practice-building reference establishes a clear social justice lens for providing culturally-responsive and ethical multicultural counseling for all clients. Rooted in the principles of Culture-Infused Counseling, the book’s practical framework spotlights the evolving therapeutic...
by Neil Mars
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 30, 2016
A rápida expansão das grandes cidades tem obrigado a uma redefinição do conceito de comunidade local e de educação enquanto via de adequação e adaptação a um mundo em constante desenvolvimento transformação. A importância que um estudo tem neste sentido, mostra-se relevante, não só...
Conversas criativas e abuso sexual
Uma proposta para o atendimento psicossocial
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: September 5, 2016
Esta obra inovadora introduz um método inédito para prestar assistência às vítimas de abuso sexual e a seus familiares. Diante de um contexto de isolamento, fragilidade e insegurança, as pessoas atendidas em unidades de proteção quase sempre se fecham em copas, dificultando o enfrentamento...