S. Alexander Haslam – författare

Key features of this 2nd Edition:

· An entirely new chapter on organizational stress which deals with highly topical issues of stress appraisal, social support, coping and burnout.

· New, wider textbook format and design making the entire book much more accessible for students.

· Wide range of pedagogical features included - suggestions for further reading included at the end of each chapter; comprehensive glossaries of social identity, social psychological and organizational terms.

Academics will find the text would easily complement the structure of an introductory course. Overall this book is written clearly and concisely, adopting a conversational tone, and utilizes a structure that students can easily follow without the techniques and concepts being oversimplified.

Doing Psychology is certainly a text well worth considering in introductory courses, or as a refresher text for those who need to revise key techniques. The text would provide students with a good foundation for advanced design and statistics courses' - Australian Psychologist

`Doing Psychology is a sound text with clear and accurate explanations in areas which it covers' - South African Journal of Psychology

This textbook provides a clear introduction to the principal research methods and statistical procedures that underpin psychological research. The authors build a carefully integrated understanding of the research process from the ground up, and address the many challenges confronting students of psychology - issues surrounding, among other things, research goals, methodological choices and strategy, multiple approaches to statistical inference and ethical controversies.

Using words and diagrams rather than numbers and equations, Doing Psychology offers a highly readable guide to how to design, analyze and evaluate experiments and surveys in psychological research.

An Instructor's Manual is available upon request.

Key features of this 2nd Edition:

· An entirely new chapter on organizational stress which deals with highly topical issues of stress appraisal, social support, coping and burnout.

· New, wider textbook format and design making the entire book much more accessible for students.

· Wide range of pedagogical features included - suggestions for further reading included at the end of each chapter; comprehensive glossaries of social identity, social psychological and organizational terms.

′The Roger Federer, the Steffi Graf, the Usain Bolt of all books about the psychology of sport, packed with insight and wisdom’ - Brian Viner, Sports writer and author of Pelé, Ali, Lillee, and Me 

This is the first textbook to explore and explain the contribution of social groups and social identity to all aspects of sports and exercise — from leadership, motivation and communication to mental health, teamwork, and fan behaviour. In the context of increasing recognition of the importance of group processes for athletic performance, engagement in exercise and the business of sport, this book offers a new way of understanding, researching and practicing sport and exercise psychology

Written by an international team of researchers at the cutting edge of efforts to apply social identity principles to the world of sport and exercise, this will be an essential resource for students, teachers and practitioners who are keen to be at the forefront of thinking and practice.

′The Roger Federer, the Steffi Graf, the Usain Bolt of all books about the psychology of sport, packed with insight and wisdom’ - Brian Viner, Sports writer and author of Pelé, Ali, Lillee, and Me 

This is the first textbook to explore and explain the contribution of social groups and social identity to all aspects of sports and exercise — from leadership, motivation and communication to mental health, teamwork, and fan behaviour. In the context of increasing recognition of the importance of group processes for athletic performance, engagement in exercise and the business of sport, this book offers a new way of understanding, researching and practicing sport and exercise psychology

Written by an international team of researchers at the cutting edge of efforts to apply social identity principles to the world of sport and exercise, this will be an essential resource for students, teachers and practitioners who are keen to be at the forefront of thinking and practice.

Social Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies critically reflects upon 17 of the most influential social psychology papers ever published and examines their continued relevance in today's world.

For this edition, there are new chapters on countering misinformation, crowd behaviour and gender stereotypes and all of the material has been revised to further demonstrate the capacity of social psychology to be self-reflective and self-correcting.

Revisiting the Classic Studies is a series that introduces readers to the studies in psychology that changed the way we think about core topics in the discipline today. It provokes students to ask more interesting and challenging questions about the field by encouraging a deeper level of engagement with both the studies themselves and with the nature of their contribution. Edited by leading scholars in their field and written by researchers at the cutting edge of these developments, every chapter of these books provides details of the original works and their theoretical and empirical impact.

Social Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies critically reflects upon 17 of the most influential social psychology papers ever published and examines their continued relevance in today's world.

For this edition, there are new chapters on countering misinformation, crowd behaviour and gender stereotypes and all of the material has been revised to further demonstrate the capacity of social psychology to be self-reflective and self-correcting.

Revisiting the Classic Studies is a series that introduces readers to the studies in psychology that changed the way we think about core topics in the discipline today. It provokes students to ask more interesting and challenging questions about the field by encouraging a deeper level of engagement with both the studies themselves and with the nature of their contribution. Edited by leading scholars in their field and written by researchers at the cutting edge of these developments, every chapter of these books provides details of the original works and their theoretical and empirical impact.

***Winner of a 2021 APEX Award for Publication Excellence*** Written by leading social psychologists with expertise in leadership, health and emergency behaviour – who have also played an important role in advising governments on COVID-19 – this book provides a broad but integrated analysis of the psychology of COVID-19

It explores the response to COVID-19 through the lens of social identity theory, drawing from insights provided by four decades of research. Starting from the premise that an effective response to the pandemic depends upon people coming together and supporting each other as members of a common community, the book helps us to understand emerging processes related to social (dis)connectedness, collective behaviour and the societal effects of COVID-19. In this it shows how psychological theory can help us better understand, and respond to, the events shaping the world in 2020. 

Considering key topics such as:

This book offers the foundation on which future analysis, intervention and policy can be built.

We are proud to support the research into Covid-19 and are delighted to offer the finalised eBook for free, available from all major eBook retailers, including Amazon, Kobo, Ebooks.com and Google.  For those who prefer print, it is possible to purchase a paperback version. All Royalties from this book will be donated to charity.