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Body and Social Psychology
Av Alan Radley
Inbunden, 1991
1062 kr
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The Body and Social Psychology provides a critical overviewof the relationship between social psychology and theproblem of the body. The wider implications of bringing thebody out of the conceptual shadows and into the center ofsocial psychological discussions are presented in a way thatmakes this …
Sports Violence
Häftad, 2011
550 kr
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Books about sports, even those written by scholars, are frequently little more than hagiography. They extol the virtue of athletics for participant and spectator alike. Of greater rarity are those that look critically at the political, social, economic, and psychological underpinnings of …
Social Psychology of Creativity
Häftad, 2011
1484 kr
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The ideas presented in this book have been incubating for over 25 years. I was in the first grade, I believe, when the ideas that eventually developed into this social psychology of creativity first began to germinate. The occasion was art class, a weekly Friday afternoon event during which we were …
Nonverbal Behavior
A Functional Perspective
Häftad, 2011
535 kr
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My interest in nonverbal behavior has remained constant for over 15 years. I think this has been the case because nonverbal behavior has proved a very fascinating and challenging topic. Others might suggest that I am just a slow learner. With enough time in any area, however, one begins to feel …
Basic Group Processes
Av P. B. Paulus
Häftad, 2011
535 kr
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Research on groups has been a major focus of concern among psychologists and sociologists for many years. The study of groups certainly deserves a central role in these disciplines since much of our behavior occurs in groups and many important social phenomena involve groups. Issues such as …
Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge
Av K. J. Gergen
Häftad, 2012
535 kr
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This century has been characterized by a strong and pervasive belief in "certainty through science. " It is a belief that has been nurtured by philosophers, scientists, and governing bodies alike. And, where vocal reassurance has failed to convince, modem technology has more than compensated. It …
Ethics of Social Research
Surveys and Experiments
Häftad, 2012
535 kr
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Social scientists are unprepared for many of the ethical problems that arise in their research, and for criticisms of their ethics that seem to ignore such cherished scientific values as objectivity and freedom of inquiry. Yet, they possess method ological talent and insight into human nature that …
Ethics of Social Research
Fieldwork, Regulation, and Publication
Häftad, 2012
533 kr
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Social scientists are unprepared for many of the ethical problems that arise in their research, and for criticisms of their ethics that seem to ignore such cherished scientific values as objectivity and freedom of inquiry. Yet, they possess method ological talent and insight into human nature that …
Anger and Aggression
An Essay on Emotion
Häftad, 2011
587 kr
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In recent years, a great deal has been written on the topic of aggression; another book on the same topic might seem superfluous at this time. However, the present volume is not just-or even primarily-about aggres sion. It is, rather, a book on anger. Anger and aggression are closely related …
Attention and Self-Regulation
A Control-Theory Approach to Human Behavior
Av C. S. Carver, M. F. Scheier
Häftad, 2012
873 kr
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"Seek simplicity and distrust it. " Alfred North Whitehead "It will become all too clear that an ability to see patterns in behavior, an ability that some might feel proud of, can lead more easily to a wrong description than a right one. " William T. Powers The goal of the theorist-the scholar-is …
Gender and Nonverbal Behavior
Av C. Mayo, N. M. Henley
Häftad, 2012
533 kr
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This book addresses two lively and active research communities, those concerned with issues of gender and those dealing with nonverbal behavior. The wide range of professional and popular interest in both these topics convinced us that presen tations of current work by researchers who bring these …
Body and Social Psychology
Av Alan Radley
Häftad, 2012
1164 kr
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This book is about the relationship between social psychology and the body. It starts from the assumption that questions to do with the body are of paramount importance for an understanding of social life. At first sight, this is a noncontentious statement to make, and yet a moment's thought shows …
Psychological Impact of Unemployment
Häftad, 2011
566 kr
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This book is concerned with the psychological effects of unemployment. In writing it I had two main aims: (1) to describe theoretical approaches that are relevant to understanding unemployment effects; and (2) to present the re sults of studies from a program of research with which I have been …
Social Psychology of Intergroup and International Conflict Resolution
Häftad, 2011
1062 kr
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Group Beliefs
A Conception for Analyzing Group Structure, Processes, and Behavior
Häftad, 2011
535 kr
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"Individuals who live in groups hold common beliefs which define their reality, not only as persons, but also as group members. This reality becomes especially important when group members become aware that they share beliefs and are convinced that these beliefs characterize them as a group. In …
Attitudes and Behavioral Decisions
Häftad, 2011
535 kr
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This book summarizes theoretical and empirical work that was performed in a large-scale, cross-university research project on the relationship between attitudes and behavior. The entire program has been funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), an institution that operates similarly to …
Intuitive Judgments of Change
Av Linda Silka
Häftad, 2011
535 kr
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Intuitive Judgments of Change represents the first systematic attempt to understand how people perceive change. Historically, social psychological work has emphasized the importance of stability and continuity among cognitive elements in analyzing cognitive processes. The author develops an …
Stereotyping and Prejudice
Changing Conceptions
Av Daniel Bar-Tal, Carl F. Graumann m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
535 kr
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The study of stereotyping and prejudice is a study of human nature, group mem bership, and intergroup relationships. It sheds light on each of these aspects of social psychology. With respect to the first two, it has been observed that since groups provide the best framework for satisfying various …
Mood
The Frame of Mind
Häftad, 2011
535 kr
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This is a book about moods. Though I will define the term somewhat more carefully in Chapter 1, it might help to note here that I use the word "mood" to refer to affective states which do not stimulate the relatively specific response tendencies we associate with "emotions". Instead, moods are …
Controversial Issues in Social Research Methods
Av Jerald Greenberg, Robert Folger
Häftad, 2011
535 kr
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It is often said that one of the key determinants of a book's wmth is the extent to which it fulfills the reader's expectations. As such, we welcome this oppor tunity to help formulate the expectations of our readers, to express our view of what this book is and what it is not. We believe that …
Social Psychology of Facial Appearance
Häftad, 2011
566 kr
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Several years ago Coleman (1981) reported that in 1979 one of the many in ternational cosmetics companies had an annual sales figure of $2. 38 billion, nearly 1. 25 million sales representatives, and over 700 products, the majority of these being for the face. Cash and Cash (1982) noted that in …
Theories of Group Behavior
Av Brian Mullen, George R. Goethals
Häftad, 2011
1349 kr
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In the fall of 1983, we began to organize a symposium entitled "General Social Psychological Theories of Group Behavior." Our goal was to encourage the extension and application of basic current social psychology to group behavior. The symposium was presented in the spring of 1984 at the Eastern …
Changing Conceptions of Crowd Mind and Behavior
Av C. F. Graumann, S. Moscovici
Häftad, 2011
535 kr
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Serge Moscovici It has recently become commonplace to say that science and its history are one. Nonetheless, in practice things have not changed much. We still behave as ifthe two were not really connected. Or else as if it were hard, not to say impossible, to link them in a single enquiry. In such …
Changing Conceptions of Leadership
Av Carl F. Graumann, Serge Moscovici
Häftad, 2011
535 kr
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Friendship and Social Interaction
Av Valerian J. Derlega, Barbara A. Winstead
Häftad, 2011
535 kr
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A neglected topic in the field of personal relationships has been the study of friendships. Social psychologists have studied how and why individuals are attracted to one another and the processes of interaction during initial encounters, but they have not paid much attention to ongoing friend …
Attributional Theory of Motivation and Emotion
Häftad, 2011
1590 kr
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For a long time I have had the gnawing desire to convey the broad motivational sig nificance of the attributional conception that I have espoused and to present fully the argument that this framework has earned a rightful place alongside other leading theories of motivation. Furthermore, recent …
Communication and Persuasion
Central and Peripheral Routes to Attitude Change
Av Richard E. Petty, John T. Cacioppo
Häftad, 2011
1484 kr
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It has been over 10 years since we initiated work on our first series of collaborative experiments. As graduate students, we had great fun planning, conducting, and writing this research (Petty & Cacioppo, 1977). We enjoyed arguing with each other at our initial meeting in 1973 and have sub …
Facet Theory
Approaches to Social Research
Av D. Canter
Häftad, 2011
1062 kr
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This work has the aim of making facet theory, and the approach to research which derives from it, more accessible to behavioral and social scientists than has been possible in the past. In a first section the book gives the background to the theory and associated methods of analysis, illustrating …
Compatible and Incompatible Relationships
Av W. Ickes
Häftad, 2012
566 kr
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Several years ago, two of my colleagues and I had the opportunity to interview Fritz Heider-perhaps the most influential theorist in the field of social psychology (Harvey, Ickes, & Kidd, 1976). During our interview, Heider affirmed a belief that had guided his career since the 1920s, the belief …
Entrapment in Escalating Conflicts
A Social Psychological Analysis
Häftad, 2011
535 kr
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It was just over 12 years ago that we first sat down together to talk about psychological traps. In the relative calm of late afternoons, feet draped casually over the seedy furnishings of the Tufts psychology department, we entertained each other with personal anecdotes about old cars, times spent …
