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Crime and Crime Reduction

The Importance of Group Processes

Crime and Crime Reduction
  • Edited by Jane L. Wood, and Theresa A. Gannon.

Published August 2012

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…
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Group Processes

Group Processes
  • Edited by John M. Levine.

Published July 2012

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…
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Planet Sport

Planet Sport
  • By Kath Woodward.

Published July 2012

Sport generates some of the most intense feelings and levels of commitment. It is big business globally, but also the source of the most powerful personal identifications and individual and collective pleasures. Sporting events are routine and embodied, whether in the gym, on the field or at the…
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Judging Passions

Moral Emotions in Persons and Groups

Judging Passions
  • By Roger Giner-Sorolla.

Published January 2012

Psychological research shows that our emotions and feelings often guide the moral decisions we make about our own lives and the social groups to which we belong. But should we be concerned that our important moral judgments can be swayed by "hot" passions, such as anger, disgust, guilt, shame and…
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When Groups Meet

The Dynamics of Intergroup Contact

When Groups Meet
  • By Thomas F. Pettigrew, and Linda R. Tropp.

Published March 2011

Research and theory on intergroup contact have become one of the fastest advancing and most exciting fields in social psychology in recent years. The work is exciting because it combines basic social psychological concerns -- human interaction, situational influences on behavior -- with an…
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The Psychology of Social Conflict and Aggression

The Psychology of Social Conflict and Aggression
  • Edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Arie W. Kruglanski and Kipling D Williams.

Published March 2011

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…
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Social Motivation

Social Motivation
  • Edited by David Dunning.

Published October 2010

Motivational science is one of the fastest-growing areas of research in social psychology, incorporating multiple perspectives from social-personality research. This volume provides students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of major topics in social motivation. All contributors are…
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The New Psychology of Leadership

Identity, Influence and Power

The New Psychology of Leadership
  • By S. Alexander Haslam, Stephen D. Reicher and Michael J. Platow.

Published September 2010

Shortlisted for the British Psychological Society Book Award 2011! Shortlisted for the CMI (Chartered Management Institute) Management Book of the Year Award 2011–2012! According to John Adair, the most important word in the leader's vocabulary is "we" and the least important word is "I". But…
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Minority Influence and Innovation

Antecedents, Processes and Consequences

Minority Influence and Innovation
  • Edited by Robin Martin, and Miles Hewstone.

Published December 2009

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,…
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In Search of Synergy in Small Group Performance

In Search of Synergy in Small Group Performance
  • By James R. Larson, Jr..

Published November 2009

This volume critically evaluates more than a century of empirical research on the effectiveness of small, task-performing groups, and offers a fresh look at the costs and benefits of collaborative work arrangements. The central question taken up by this book is whether -- and under what…
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