Social, group or collective psychology Books

A volume in Advances In Cultural PsychologyMaking of the Future is the first English‐language coverage of the new methodological perspective in cultural psychology—TEA(Trajectory Equifinality Approach) that was established in 2004 as a...

ENNAME VANNAM - Strategic Thinking:This book will help you to protect ourselves and resist where necessary by knowing the personality of those around us.All that is said here helps to understand the position of your thoughts and how to improve it. This...

 Et si vous étiez la meilleure chose qui soit jamais arrivée à la planète Terre ? Toutes les projections et attentes que vous avez rendues significatives sont ce qui vous empêche d'être tout ce que vous êtes. Lors de conversations avec les...

Being a follower of Christ means inviting Him into every relationship in which you are involved.  Are you ready to invite Him into your dating relationship, too? This 10-week Bible study will allow couples to keep their focus on Christ while discovering...

Part I: Feminisms and Psychologies in Asia.- Sri Lanka.- Pakistan.- India.- Philippines.- Japan.- China.- Part II: Feminisms and Psychologies in Europe.- France.- Britain.- Ireland.- Spain.-Portugal.- Iceland.- Greece.- Italy.- Part III: Feminisms and...

Originally published in 1988, the purpose of this book was to explore the interrelations among communication, social cognition and affect. The contributors, selected by the editors, were some of the best known in their fields and they significantly added...

This original and engaging book advocates an unabashedly empirical approach to understanding human values: abstract ideals that we consider important, such as freedom, equality, achievement, helpfulness, security, tradition, and peace. Our values are...

Stereotypes and the Construction of the Social World explores the complexity of stereotypes, guiding the reader through issues of definition and theoretical explanations from psychology and other disciplines. The book examines why people use stereotypes,...

This book offers a biographical account of Henri Tajfel, one of the most influential European social psychologists of the twentieth century, offering unique insights into his ground-breaking work in the areas of social perception, social identity...

This book examines the human proclivity to resist changing our beliefs. Drawing on psychological, neurological, and philosophical research, and integrating topics as wide ranging as emotion, cognition, social (and physical) context, and learning theory,...

As lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex identities increasingly secure legal recognition across the globe, these formal equality gains are contradicted by the continued presence of violence. Such violence emerges as a political pressure point...

This is a volume on loneliness and what can be done to address its pain. While most books simply describe loneliness from one author's point of view, this volume includes a comprehensive review of the literature and employs top researchers in the field...

This book concerns clinical psychology, but it is most concerned with the world outside the clinic. That world-where culture, history, and economy are found-radically impacts the public's mental health. However these worldly considerations often do not...

This book examines how people cannot escape being tainted, whether actively engaged or not, by violence in its countless manifestations. The essays encompass a wide range of theoretical resources, methodological approaches and geo-political areas. They...

The United Arab Emirates, a rapidly developing and dynamic nation with a large expatriate population, provides a unique backdrop for the practice of psychology in both the academic and applied contexts. This volume is the first of its kind to explore the...

This book explores the way in which doubling takes place in several novels, films, and dramas, primarily focusing on modern drama and exploring how five Greek myths - Oedipus, Narcissus, Dionysus, Orestes, and Demeter - inform the literature. Taking a...

Social support and sleep are both health promoting factors and important in the prevention of illness and sick-leave. Promoting healthy work by providing good conditions for strong social relationships and by preventing bullying or harassment can improve...

Conservative social movements such as the Tea Party are having a huge impact on American politics and social life. Unlike social movements of the past, these conservative protesters are not oppressed minorities but tend to be relatively privileged...

Through three empirical studies, this book explores the mechanisms behind moderating functions of empathy in violent video games, revealing new insights that will inform the ongoing debates about the effects violent media content.

After a Facebook rebellion in Egypt and Twitter protests in Turkey, the internet has been proclaimed as a globe-shifting, revolutionizing force that can incite complex social phenomena such as collective actions. This book critically assesses this claim...

In Psychosocial aspects of niqab wearing Nina Bosankic explores the various motives which lead young women living in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina to adopt the niqab (full face veil). She uses a grounded theory approach to examine this decision...

In this new paperback edition, Calum Neill explores the ideas of Jacques Lacan to present a powerful argument for an approach to ethics which is neither rooted in a traditional morality nor reduced to a relativism, an ethics, that is, which is without...

Modern men the world over are becoming increasingly fascinated with their image, spending more of their disposable income on beautification products and services. This book examines 'metrosexuality', highlighting the negotiation and construction of...

Social interaction is the engine which drives an individual's psychological development and it can create changes on all levels of society. Social Relations in Human and Societal Development includes essays by internationally renowned academics from a...

With an overview of the existing attachment theory literature and new contributions to the field, this book proposes that social groups seek protection and security as they collectively construct their ideologies and social institutions. In doing so, the...

This edited collection presents an alternative set of reflections on India's contemporary global role by exploring a range of influential non-Western state perspectives. Through multiple case studies, the contributors gauge the success of India's efforts...

Disruptive Tourism and its Untidy Guests envisions alternative arrangements of social life by welcoming 'the untidy guest' to discourses, theories and philosophies of tourism. Written by an author collective with backgrounds in philosophy, sociology,...

Why do we live at a time when the minutiae of how parents raise their children - how they feed them, talk to them, play with them or discipline them - have become routine sources of public debate and policy making? Why are there now so-called 'parenting...

The Action Learning and Action Research Journal (ALARj) contains substantial articles, project reports, information about activities, creative works from the Action Learning and Action Research field, reflections on seminars and conferences, short...

Feeling alone with no sense of purpose? Not sure where you belong?  This is our story of finding direction in a commitment to a healing ritual, a strenuous trail climb. What was intended to be a simple sharing exercise and a time to bond...

Awards and Praise for the first edition: Recipient of the 2006 International Association for Relationship Research (IARR) Book Award"This text, as it presently stands, is THE go-to text for stalking researchers.　 That is my opinion and the opinion of...

This book applies the concepts and methods of psychoanalysis to the study of artificial intelligence (AI) and human-AI interaction. It develops a new, more fruitful approach for applying psychoanalysis to AI and machine behavior. It appeals to a broad...

This book describes how, in the era of megamedia culture, aggression in communication constitutes a threat to the communication community.Based on the theoretical incorporation of transcendental pragmatics, the book explores how conceptualizing the...

Thomas Singer presents a unique collection which examines cultural complexes in four parts of East Asia: China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. From ancestor worship in China to the "kimchi bitch" meme of South Korea, the wounded feminine in Taiwan and...

This book describes how group treatment offers a unique opportunity for group members to learn and to change as they interact with other group members.The group structure presents a social microcosm of relationships that people who seek psychotherapeutic...

The workplace, in both its physical and virtual manifestations, offers productive possibilities and space for joy. Organizational Performance Art: Holding Space for Joy and Possibility is a vibrant memoir and inspirational manual that examines how the...

Does leadership really spring from within?True stories of sheroes and heroes from around the world demonstrate how leadership from within brings about real social change. If you are passionate about creating social impact read the stories, reflect on the...

Project Report from the year 2016 in the subject Psychology - Social Psychology, Addis Ababa University (School of Psychology), course: Social program development and Evaluation, language: English, abstract: Scholars began to study gender and...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Sozialpsychologie, Note: 1,0, Universität Mannheim, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit untersucht Autobahnplakate, die zu einem bewussteren Fahrverhalten auf Autobahnen führen sollen. Zum...

Essay aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Sozialpsychologie, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Nach der Trennung eines Elternpaares oder nach der Geburt eines Kindes außerhalb des väterlichen Haushalts wird der Kontakt zwischen dem Kind und dem...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Sozialpsychologie, Note: 1.3, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Department für Psychologie - Bereich Reflexive Sozialpsychologie), Veranstaltung: Hauptseminar: Männlichkeiten, Sprache:...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Sozialpsychologie, Note: 1,3, Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg, Villingen-Schwenningen, früher: Berufsakademie Villingen-Schwenningen, Veranstaltung: Sozialpsychologie, Sprache: Deutsch,...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Public Relations, Werbung, Marketing, Social Media, Note: 1.7, Universität Mannheim (Philosophische Fakultät / Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract:...

This comprehensive book covers the research, theory, policy and practice context of unusual reproduction using third parties. Olga Van den Akker details the psychological adaptation required to continuing changes in public opinion, advances in...