Intergroup Behavior Books

New and Published Books

1. Reducing Intergroup Bias

   The Common Ingroup Identity Model

   By Samuel L. Gaertner, John F. Dovidio

   Series: Essays in Social Psychology

   Considers situations and interventions that can foster more inclusive representation and ways, both theoretically and practically, and that a common ingroup identity can facilitate more harmonious intergroup relations....

   Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
2. Social Identities

   Motivational, Emotional, Cultural Influences

   Edited by Rupert Brown, Dora Capozza

   The concept of social identity occupies a central position in contemporary social psychology. Social Identities: Motivational, Emotional, Cultural Influences reports recent developments in the analysis of motivational and affective aspects of social identity processes. The book also examines the...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
3. Multiple Social Categorization

   Processes, Models and Applications

   Edited by Richard J. Crisp, Miles Hewstone

   'Ethnic cleansing', 'institutional racism', and 'social exclusion' are just some of the terms used to describe one of the most pressing social issues facing today’s societies: prejudice and intergroup discrimination. Invariably, these pervasive social problems can be traced back to differences in...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
4. Neuroscience of Prejudice and Intergroup Relations

   Edited by Belle Derks, Daan Scheepers, Naomi Ellemers

   Psychological research on the origins and consequences of prejudice, discrimination, and stereotyping has moved into previously uncharted directions through the introduction of neuroscientific measures. Psychologists can now address issues that are difficult to examine with traditional...

   Published June 4th 2013 by Psychology Press
5. Cooperation (Psychology Revivals)

   The basis of sociability

   By Michael Argyle

   Series: Psychology Revivals

   Is human nature cooperative? Man is often said to be a social animal – but what does that mean? Michael Argyle believed that one of the most important components – our capacity to cooperate – had been overlooked and indeed that the whole notion of cooperation had not been properly understood. In...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Scientific Study of Social Behaviour (Psychology Revivals)

   By Michael Argyle

   Series: Psychology Revivals

   Originally published in 1957, this book presented an up-to-date account of psychological research into human social behaviour of the time. There are chapters on interaction between pairs of people, behaviour in small social groups, and human relations in industry. The author avoided the...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
7. Intergroup Relations

   The Role of Motivation and Emotion (A Festschrift for Amélie Mummendey)

   Edited by Sabine Otten, Kai Sassenberg, Thomas Kessler

   Series: Psychology Press Festschrift Series

   This volume gives a survey of the most recent developments and trends in intergroup research. Diverging from classical approaches that looked at diverse needs and motives (positive distinctiveness, belongingness, etc), the present book focuses not only on the question what motivates...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Psychology Press
8. Minority Influence and Innovation

   Antecedents, Processes and Consequences

   Edited by Robin Martin, Miles Hewstone

   Social groups form an important part of our daily lives. Within these groups pressures exist which encourage the individual to comply with the group’s viewpoint. This influence, which creates social conformity, is known as ‘majority influence’ and is the dominant process of social control. However,...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Psychology Press
9. Group Processes

   Edited by John M. Levine

   Series: Frontiers of Social Psychology

   It is impossible to understand human behavior without understanding the critical role that groups play in people’s lives. Most of us belong to a range of formal and informal groups, including families, work teams, and friendship cliques. These groups absorb a great deal of our time and energy and...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Psychology Press
10. Crime and Crime Reduction

    The importance of group processes

    Edited by Jane L. Wood, Theresa A. Gannon

    The problems associated with groups that commit crime are well known and notoriously complex. However, there are many questions that we still cannot answer with certainty. This book seeks to deepen understanding of the group processes involved in crime and the treatment of offenders’ thoughts and...

    Published August 5th 2012 by Routledge