Psychology Press

Social Psychology

Arie W Kruglanski, E. Tory Higgins

Published 05/24/2007

Now in a completely revised and expanded second edition, this authoritative handbook reviews the breadth of current knowledge on the psychological processes that underlie social...

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Sanctioning Pregnancy

Harriet Gross, Helen Pattison

Published 05/03/2007

Pregnancy provides a very public, visual confirmation of femininity. It is a time of rapid physical and psychological adjustment for women and is surrounded by...

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Series Name: Women and Psychology 

Sanctioning Pregnancy

Harriet Gross, Helen Pattison

Published 04/26/2007

Pregnancy provides a very public, visual confirmation of femininity. It is a time of rapid physical and psychological adjustment for women and is surrounded by...

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Series Name: Women and Psychology 

Knowledge in Context

Sandra Jovchelovitch

Published 01/25/2007

This book explores the relationship between knowledge and context through a novel analysis of processes of representation. Sandra Jovchelovitch argues that representation, a social psychological...

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A General Theory of Emotions and Social Life

Warren D TenHouten

Published 09/28/2006

Founded upon the psychoevolutionary theories of Darwin, Plutchik and Izard, a general socioevolutionary theory of the emotions - affect-spectrum theory - classifies a wide spectrum...

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Series Name: Routledge Advances in Sociology 

Knowledge in Context

Sandra Jovchelovitch

Published 08/10/2006

This book explores the relationship between knowledge and context through a novel analysis of processes of representation. Sandra Jovchelovitch argues that representation, a social psychological...

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Erving Goffman

Greg Smith

Published 08/03/2006

Decades after his death, the figure of Erving Goffman (1922–82) continues to fascinate. Perhaps the best-known sociologist of the second half of the twentieth century,...

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Series Name: Key Sociologists 

Erving Goffman

Greg Smith

Published 08/03/2006

Decades after his death, the figure of Erving Goffman (1922–82) continues to fascinate. Perhaps the best-known sociologist of the second half of the twentieth century,...

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Series Name: Key Sociologists 

Sibling Identity and Relationships

Rosalind Edwards, Lucy Hadfield, Helen Lucey, Melanie Mauthner

Published 07/27/2006

Sibling Identity and Relationships explores the special place that siblings occupy in the lives of children and young people, providing new insights into sibling identity...

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Series Name: Relationships and Resources 

Sibling Identity and Relationships

Rosalind Edwards, Lucy Hadfield, Helen Lucey, Melanie Mauthner

Published 07/27/2006

Sibling Identity and Relationships explores the special place that siblings occupy in the lives of children and young people, providing new insights into sibling identity...

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Series Name: Relationships and Resources 

Rational Choice Theory (5 volume set)

Michael Allingham

Published 06/28/2006

Although the roots of rational choice theory can be found in Aristotle, the more explicit treatment of the subject originates in the middle of the...

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Series Name: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences