Political Psychology

Jolanda Jetten is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Queensland. She has an exceptional profile due to her research in the areas of social identity, social groups, and group dynamics, with a H-index of 97. She recently co-authored Sage’s Together apart: The psychology of COVID-19 (2020) and was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Association of Social Psychology in part for being ‘an incredible woman who’s been at the frontline for true social change against injustice…[and] for representing the people who have not had much space in academia so far’ (Tweet/X here). Hema Preya Selvanathan is a Lecturer in Social Psychology at the University of Queensland. She is a Malaysian ECR whose research has been published in leading journals including The Leadership Quarterly, Political Psychology, and British Journal of Social Psychology, with a particular focus on advancing the understanding of social change.

• An Introduction to Classic Studies in Political Psychology - Hema Preya Selvanathan and Jolanda JettenPart 1: Individual Level ProcessesChapter 1. Displaced Aggression: Expanding on Berkowitz and Knurek (1969) - Norman Miller, William C. Pedersen and Isabella Di LauroChapter 2. Polarisation - Charlie R. CrimstonChapter 3. From Doll Studies to Contemporary Notions of Racial Identity: Implications for Intergroup Relations and Wellbeing - Yasin Koc and Hakan ÇakmakChapter 4. Voting and political participation - Frank Mols and Jolanda JettenChapter 5. Ideology: Revisiting Converse’s Examination of Belief Systems in Mass Publics - Danny OsbornePart 2: Group processes and intergroup relationsChapter 6. Revisiting Kipnis’s Supervisor Experiment - S. Alexander Haslam and Stephen ReicherChapter 7. Sherif: Intergroup Violence and Negative Attitudes - Kevin Durrheim and Yasemin Gülsüm AcarChapter 8. Collective Action: Revisiting Wright, Taylor and Moghaddam’s Responding to Disadvantaged Group Membership Study - Emma F. Thomas, Anna C. Barron and Lucy H. BirdChapter 9. Residential Desegregation and Origins of the Contact Hypothesis: Revisiting Deutsch and Collins’ (1951) Psychological Evaluation of a ‘Social Experiment’ in Interracial Housing - John Dixon, Jie Huang, and Stefania PaoliniChapter 10. Relative Deprivation: Building upon Walker and Mann’s (1987) Interviews with Unemployed Australians - Heather J. Smith and Stephanie McKeeChapter 11. Revisiting Milgram’s obedience studies - Andrew G. Livingstone and Megan E. BirneyPart 3: Societal level processesChapter 12. The Rioting Crowds: Revisiting Reicher’s Study of the St. Pauls′ Riot - Sara Vestergren and Evangelos NtontisChapter 13. Collective Victimhood: Revisiting Kahana, Kahana, Harel and Segal’s Study on the Victim as Helper - Johanna Ray VolhardtChapter 14. Lipset’s Working-Class Authoritarianism - Jasper van AsscheChapter 15. Reflections on Racial Stereotypes of One Hundred College Students: Katz and Braly (1933) - Keith B. Maddox, Jordan Daley and Diane-Jo Bart-PlangeChapter 16. Gender Stereotypes and Social Roles: Revisiting the Classic Study of Alice Eagly and Valerie Steffen - Naomi Ellemers and Maike WeiperChapter 17. Socio-Economic Status and Inequality - Matthew Easterbrook and Matthias Gobel