Social, group or collective psychology Books

This book introduces readers to Psychoadaptation - a general model of change that stresses the importance of experiencing disequilibrium in the development of a healthy Self- and applies it to a range of examples across the academic, sport and health...

This innovative and important book explores how war imprints on culture and the psychosocial effects of war on individuals and societies, based on the first few months after the outbreak of war in Ukraine in 2022.

The fourth edition of Teaching Culture and Psychology (previously Cross-Cultural Explorations) provides an array of carefully designed instructor resources and student activities that support the construction and implementation of courses on culture and...

The Routledge Companion to Consumer Behavior Analysis provides a unique and eclectic combination of behavioral, cognitive and environmental perspectives to illuminate the real-world complexities of consumer choice in a marketing-oriented economy. Edited...

Martial Arts and Well-Being explores how martial arts as a source of learning can contribute in important ways to health and well-being, as well as provide other broader social benefits. Using psychological and sociological theory related to behaviour,...

Being an "interactionist" approach to social psychology, Society and Personality deals with people, not as isolated individuals, but as participants in groups

This intriguing work deals with the plight of the alienated individual, estranged from humanity and the surrounding world. It examines such questions as: Why do writers like Kafka, Thomas Wolfe, Rilke, and the existential philosophers, who portray the...

Relationships are to life as orange traffic cones are to driving. Both can be very frustrating. But, they both guide, protect, and enhance life's journey . . . so you might as well learn to navigate them.In If Only I Could Relate to the People I'm...

This simple, easy-to-use book gives managers, supervisors, and team leaders activities to help their teams overcome emotional obstacles and become more effective. This practical, effective collection of proven exercises will elicit the best from any team.

This exceptional work explores the complexities of communication at one of the most critical stages of the life experience--during advanced, serious illness and at the end of life. Challenging the predominantly biomedical model that informs much...

This new volume provides an interdisciplinary perspective on how intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, and culture shape the cultural psychology of immigrants. It demonstrates the influence transnational ties and cultural practices and beliefs...

The Sourcebook of Nonverbal Measures provides a comprehensive discussion of research choices for investigating nonverbal phenomena. The volume presents many of the primary means by which researchers assess nonverbal cues. Editor Valerie Manusov has...

Child care is an integral part of the web of influences and experiences that shape children's development. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach that covers both historic and economic contexts, this unique book characterizes child care in 18 countries...

MindBody Medicine encapsulates a variety of interventions designed to change, strengthen, or enhance a patient's thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in order to promote improved health and wellness. There has been a growing trend among professionals in the...

This edited volume in the SIOP Frontiers series is one of the first to look at the psychological factors behind politics and power in organizations. Noted contributors from schools of management, psychology, sociology and political science look...

This path-breaking book is the first collection to provide a scientific global overview on the social neuroscience of intergroup relations, and the neural mechanisms that drive processes such as prejudice, racism and dehumanisation.Although intergroup...

Winner of the Internationl Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS) Book Award for Best Applied Book 2021Carl Jung angrily rejected the charge that he was an anti-Semite, yet controversies concerning his attitudes towards Jews, Zionism and the Nazi...

Most people have, at some point in their lives, experienced powerful, often strange and disconcerting, responses to films and television programmes of which they cannot always make sense. Psychosocial Explorations of Film and Television Viewing takes as...

Offering a uniquely 'psycho-cultural' take on the emotional dynamics of UK political culture this book uses theories and research in psychoanalysis, cultural and media studies and political sociology. It explores the cultural and emotional processes that...

The nature of social power, the ability of individuals to affect the behavior and belief of others, is central to any understanding of the dynamics of change in our society

The study of human behavior in actual social settings is an extraordinarily complex area of research

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

Attraction and hostility find expression in almost every variety of human relationship, and have consequently provided a central theme for social psychology since its beginnings

Do you say yes to people so often, you've forgotten how it feels to say no? You're not alone. Many people spend years putting aside their own wants and needs in order to please the people in their life and avoid conflict. Although there will always be...

This book provides a foundation of principles and practices of nonviolence and offers a way to practice nonviolence in our current times and in our day to day lives. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi are remembered as pioneers for nonviolence and...

Hard Work or Harmony? is a self-help book for women who desperately want to nurture their relationships with family, friends, and co-workers but don't really know how to do it.In an energetically informative go-to guide, Licensed Therapist and...

We're in this together... but how?“People are our most valuable resource.” It’s a common refrain in company meetings, public events, and even the posters on the office wall. But sometimes, it’s hard to...

The world is crying out for kind and courageous leadership. In First Comes Courage, Sonia McDonald explores the power of leading with courage, and offers you great insights and tools to develop, nurture and grow courage within you and your teams...

It's raining men and you're about to get soaked!In dating it's all about being wanted. But you can't always get what you want, right? Well, the Law of Attraction begs to differ. Haven't you always wanted to be "that girl"? You know the girl I'm talking...

This ethnographically-based exploration draws on sociological, historical and demographic data to provide a comprehensive analysis of family, gender and kinship in Australia, which informs modern kinship and gender at large. Allon Uhlmann charts the...

Stages of Self is a poetically written journey showing women how to break the cycles of disempowerment and pain embedded in their lives. But it is also so much more than that. This new and unique framework, told through the story of five elegantly...

The final book in Dallas' 'The Political Writings' is the culmination of his life's work. It begins with a proposal, that what happens in life simultaneously occurs on three levels; the outward, the inward, and the hidden. Applying this method of making...

Popular interest in body image issues has grown dramatically in recent years, due to an emphasis on individual responsibility and self-determination in contemporary society as well as the seemingly limitless capacities of modern medicine; however body...

Hate crimes and lesser acts of bigotry and intolerance are seen to be constants in today's world. Since 1990, the federal government has published annual reports on hate crime incidents in the United States. While the reported numbers are...

This fascinating new book examines diversity in moral judgements, drawing on recent work in social, personality, and evolutionary psychology, reviewing the factors that influence the moral judgments people make.Why do reasonable people so often disagree...

The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Performance Psychology includes the latest research and applied perspectives from leaders in the field of performance psychology. Current and comprehensive, this foundational volume presents sport and performance...

Through exploring complex suffering in the writings of Aminatta Forna, Isabel Allende and Anuradha Roy, Women Writing Trauma in the Global South dismantles conceptual shortcomings and problematic imbalances at the core of existing theorizations around...

!هل سئلت نفسك يوما لماذا لا يفهمون ما أقصد؟ لماذا تزعجني تصرفات وسلوك رئيسي دون أن يقصد إزعاجي؟ لماذاقد نخسر بعض العلاقات من جميع أنواعها – الشخصية و العائلية والعملية – دون داع و ذلك لعدم فهمنا لأنماط السلوك الإنساني الأساسية. تخيل معي لو...

Would you like to know what any person is thinking?  Impossible?  Not so, if you can master the ability to read micro-expressions.  Micro-expressions are those subconscious, almost invisible expressions that people make when speaking and...

First published in 1986. This volume presents papers from the fourth Ontario Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology, held at the University o f Western Ontario, October 15- 16, 1983. The contributors are active researchers in the areas of...

The fundamental phenomenon of human closed-mindedness is treated in this volume. Prior psychological treatments of closed-mindedness have typically approached it from a psychodynamic perspective and have viewed it in terms of individual pathology. By...

Emotional Intelligence Through CBT and NLPNeuro-Linguistic Programming And Cognitive Behavioral Therapy  2 in 1 Bundle! Are you struggling to find the light at the end of the tunnel?Have you been wondering what it was like when your mind...

Cheater Guide is a complete journey through what it takes to have an affair and keep it secret from your spouse. In this comprehensive and clever guide, Fanon explains the history of cheating, shows what you need to do to make yourself attractive to new...