Social, group or collective psychology

The primary aim of this volume is to present the most recent advances in the psychological study of the self with a special emphasis on the factors that contribute to self-concept and self-esteem.

The major goal of this book is to explore and integrate all that is scientifically known about the utility of magical plans and strategies for coping with life's inevitable absurdities.

The major goal of this book is to explore and integrate all that is scientifically known about the utility of magical plans and strategies for coping with life's inevitable absurdities.

Based upon lectures presented at an invitational colloquium in honor of Nico Frijda, this collection of essays represents a brief and up-to-date overview of the field of emotions, their significance and how they function.

Based upon lectures presented at an invitational colloquium in honor of Nico Frijda, this collection of essays represents a brief and up-to-date overview of the field of emotions, their significance and how they function.

This volume honors Solomon Asch, a pioneer in social psychology whose experiments in this field are considered classic.

This volume documents how sexual practices and fictions infiltrate and are influenced by a person's feelings about the self and the body.

This volume documents how sexual practices and fictions infiltrate and are influenced by a person's feelings about the self and the body.

This book is a result of a study group that met to discuss the child's theory of mind.

This book is a result of a study group that met to discuss the child's theory of mind.

This volume covers the 22nd Annual Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology.

This volume covers the 22nd Annual Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology.

The papers presented in this volume, written by active and well- known researchers, discuss experimental research that has validated the importance of infancy in individual development over the age continuum.

The papers presented in this volume, written by active and well- known researchers, discuss experimental research that has validated the importance of infancy in individual development over the age continuum.

First published in 1988.

First published in 1988.

This work, honoring Saul B.

This work, honoring Saul B.

Are our efforts to help others ever driven solely by altruistic motivation, or is our ultimate goal always some form of self- benefit (egoistic motivation)?

Are our efforts to help others ever driven solely by altruistic motivation, or is our ultimate goal always some form of self- benefit (egoistic motivation)?

This innovative study focuses on seven inherent personality traits humans share with primates; activity, fearfulness, impulsivity, sociability, altruism, aggressiveness, and dominance.

This innovative study focuses on seven inherent personality traits humans share with primates; activity, fearfulness, impulsivity, sociability, altruism, aggressiveness, and dominance.

Donald W.

This book details years of research involving questionnaires and observations of married couples in pursuit of the determinants of both marital happiness and divorce.

This book details years of research involving questionnaires and observations of married couples in pursuit of the determinants of both marital happiness and divorce.

Identity has been a topical issue in both popular and social science literatures for the past forty years.

Identity has been a topical issue in both popular and social science literatures for the past forty years.

Thirty-three of the top scholars in this fast moving domain present a picture of work at the cusp in social psychology -- work that deals with cognition and affect in close relationships.

Thirty-three of the top scholars in this fast moving domain present a picture of work at the cusp in social psychology -- work that deals with cognition and affect in close relationships.

It is perhaps no exaggeration to suggest that all of what is intrinsically human experience is grounded in its shared nature.

It is perhaps no exaggeration to suggest that all of what is intrinsically human experience is grounded in its shared nature.

Narrative forms of mental representation and their influence on comprehension, communication and judgment, have rapidly become one of the main foci of research and theory in not only psychology but also other disciplines, including linguistics, sociology, and anthropology.

Narrative forms of mental representation and their influence on comprehension, communication and judgment, have rapidly become one of the main foci of research and theory in not only psychology but also other disciplines, including linguistics, sociology, and anthropology.

This book showcases papers presented at the annual Advertising and Consumer Psychology Conference.

This book showcases papers presented at the annual Advertising and Consumer Psychology Conference.

The Development of Social Cognition presents a lively, up-to-date examination of both the classical issues and contemporary understanding of theory and research in social cognitive development.

The Development of Social Cognition presents a lively, up-to-date examination of both the classical issues and contemporary understanding of theory and research in social cognitive development.

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.

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.

Here is an important new book focusing on the contribution of the therapist's love and empathy to the therapeutic process.

Here is an important new book focusing on the contribution of the therapist's love and empathy to the therapeutic process.

What a pity it would have been if biologists had refused to accept Darwin's theory of natural selection, which has been essential in helping biologists understand a wide range of phenomena in many animal species.

What a pity it would have been if biologists had refused to accept Darwin's theory of natural selection, which has been essential in helping biologists understand a wide range of phenomena in many animal species.

When seeking to test specific hypotheses in large data sets, social and behavioral scientists often construct models.

When seeking to test specific hypotheses in large data sets, social and behavioral scientists often construct models.

Early emotional development, emotional regulation, and the links between emotion and social or cognitive functioning in atypically developing children have not received much attention.

Early emotional development, emotional regulation, and the links between emotion and social or cognitive functioning in atypically developing children have not received much attention.

Mathematical psychology is an interdisciplinary area of research in which methods of mathematics, operations research, and computer science in psychology are used.

Mathematical psychology is an interdisciplinary area of research in which methods of mathematics, operations research, and computer science in psychology are used.

This book has two purposes.