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Handbook of the History of Social Psychology
For the first time in the history of social psychology, we have a handbook on the history of social psychology. In it, leading luminaries in the field present their take on how research in their own domains has unfolded, on the scientists whose impact shaped the research agendas in the different...
Published November 30th 2011 by Psychology Press
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The Psychology of Social Conflict and Aggression
Series: Sydney Symposium in Social Psychology
This book provides an up-to-date integration of some of the most recent developments in social psychological research on social conflict and aggression, one of the most perennial and puzzling topics in all of psychology. It offers an informative, scholarly yet readable overview of recent...
Published March 20th 2011 by Psychology Press
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Psychology of Terrorism
Classic and Contemporary Insights
Series: Key Readings in Social Psychology
Substate terrorism now represents one of the gravest threats to human civilizations. As the frequency of interstate wars has declined since the end of the Second World War, terrible violence against innocent civilians is increasingly perpetrated by non-state groups with extreme agendas and...
Published March 8th 2009 by Psychology Press
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The Psychology of Closed Mindedness
Series: Essays in Social Psychology
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 contrast, the present approach stresses the...
Published June 27th 2004 by Psychology Press
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Theory Construction in Social Personality Psychology
Personal Experiences and Lessons Learned: A Special Issue of personality and Social Psychology Review
This special issue features papers that offer deeply felt, valuable perspectives on diverse aspects of theory construction in social-personality psychology. The goal is to furnish a basis for starting a discussion about the considerable challenges of theorizing, the ways of meeting those challenges...
Published June 9th 2004 by Psychology Press
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Social Psychology
A General Reader
Series: Key Readings in Social Psychology
The articles in this volume have been selected on the basis of their readability, accessibility, and brevity. They include not only highly influential papers which have had an outstanding impact on the field, but also papers that showcase important social psychological principles. Each article in...
Published January 30th 2003 by Psychology Press
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Motivational Science
Social and Personality Perspectives: Key Readings
Series: Key Readings in Social Psychology
The reader begins with an original paper by the editors that introduces the social-personality perspective on motivational science and provides an integrated review of empirical and theoretical contributions. Major issues in motivational science are identified that form the basis for the...
Published August 10th 2000 by Psychology Press