Social, group or collective psychology

Offering a unique set of case studies that invites readers to question and reimagine the concept of community engagement, this collected work provides an overview and analysis of numerous, creative participatory research methods designed to improve well-being at both the individual and societal level.

This book teaches parents how to conduct play therapy with their own young children.

Now completely revised (over 90% new), this handbook offers the authoritative presentation of theories, methods, and applications in the dynamic field of cultural psychology.

Teenagers are perplexing, intriguing, and spirited creatures.

In this volume, contributors from a range of perspectives - evolutionary psychology to anthropology, sociology to cognitive and motivational psychology - explore questions of what our attractiveness preferences are and why we find certain others physically attractive, offering a fresh perspective to understanding the perception of attractiveness.

Bringing together trust research, rhetoric, ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, this book formulates an analytical program for conceptualizing and defining trustworthiness as an empirical research object in social interaction.

Bridges, Pathways and Transitions: International Innovations in Widening Participation shows that widening participation initiatives and policies have had a profound impact on improving access to higher education to historically marginalized groups of students from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.

Rooted in multimodal conversation analysis and based on video recordings of naturally occurring social interactions, this book presents a novel analytical perspective for the study of touch.

Reflexivity is valuable in social research because it draws attention to the researcher as part of the world being studied and reminds us that the individuals involved in our research are subjects, not objects.

When young children are showing signs of difficulty, parents, childcare providers, and teachers often approach practitioners for guidance on how to best support healthy development.

Investigating Pop Psychology provides the basic tools required to make evidence-informed decisions and thoughtfully distinguish science from pseudoscience through the application of scientific skepticism.

Was ist eigentlich Wissenschaft?

The importance of collective behavior in early medieval EuropeBy the fifth and sixth centuries, the bread and circuses and triumphal processions of the Roman Empire had given way to a quieter world.

Research-based investigations of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship have the potential to inform each other and enrich our knowledge of each of these areas, particularly with regard to cognitive processes and effective behaviors.

This book offers a balanced, evidence-based account of the role of mobile and social media in personal relationships.

How can psychologists incorporate recent insights about power, values and inequality in their work?

Manipulation is a source of pervasive anxiety in contemporary American politics.

Originally published in 1981.

Psychiatric classifications created in one culture may not be as universal as we assume, and it is difficult to determine the validity of a classification even in the culture in which it was created.

This volume inserts the place of the local in theorizing about language policies and practices in applied linguistics.

Like any other subject, the study of religion is a child of its time.

Romantic relationship formation and the engagement in sexual behaviors are normative and salient developmental tasks for adolescents and young adults.

Students spend significantly more time in school compared to any other formal institution during their lives; therefore, mental health in schools has attracted a lot of attention in recent years.

This textbook uniquely highlights the particular complexities of working systemically with couples and families with children.

A panoramic explanation of "e;civic tourism"e; and the shaping of a national identityAt the same time a reading of Kenneth Burke and of tourist landscapes in America, Gregory Clark's new study explores the rhetorical power connected with American tourism.

Is there a genetic predisposition to crime?

Adult adoptee and family therapist Katie Naftzger shares her personal and professional wisdom in this guide to help adoptive parents remain a calm parental influence in the midst of stormy and erratic teen behavior.

There is a mysterious connection between our experiences of intimacy--of love, the longing to feel connected, and sexual embrace--and the human sense of time--eternity, impermanence, and rhythm.

This book presents the mechanics of implementing visuality on the value-add level known as Work That Makes Sense (WTMS).

A number of societal risks pose serious challenges to families' well-being, many of which cut across divisions of class and race.

Whether we are checking emails, following friends on Facebook and Twitter, catching up on gossip from TMZ, planning holidays on TripAdvisor, arranging dates on Match.

"La psicología como profesión y como disciplina en Colombia se ha desarrollado de una manera descontextualizada, ignorando los grandes y graves problemas sociales que influyen en nuestra cultura y subjetividad.

This book offers a paradigm shift in the framing of identity development by advancing a new, shock-sensitive framework for diverse young adult identity development after high school.

This book presents a kaleidoscopic view of the positive layers of ageing as well as key interventions that can help generate and maintain positivity and well-being among the elderly.

Originally published in 1990, Signs of Change assess the people of San Francisco according to their own demonstrative standards through the visual symbols.

Originally published in 1982, Time Resources, Society and Ecology examines and seeks to examine the time dimension in terms of the ecology, technology, social organization and spatial structure of the human habitat.

This collection offers original, state-of-the-art contributions from leading authorities in children's televisual media.

This book explores elements of team dynamics and interactions that block or enable effective ideation.

This book explores the historical and contemporary experiences of the Chinese in Sukabumi, Indonesia, including their migration to the region, their economic activities, and their relationships with the local population.

Leadership for the Great Transition-a changemaker's toolkit for cultivating personal and community resilienceThe Regeneration Handbook offers an abundance of insights, stories, tools, practices, and resources for experienced and aspiring changemakers to step into their full power at this time of unprecedented global crisis.

Conflicts between the "e;head"e; and the "e;heart"e; are very common in everyday life.

This text is designed for learners who have achieved basic proficiency and wish to progress to more complex language.

Given the increasing global interest in Chinese culture, this book uses case studies to describe and interpret Chinese cultivation in contemporary Taiwanese schools.

Adolescent Relationships and Drug Use explores the communicative and relational features of adolescent drug use.

Autobiographical memory shapes our understanding of ourselves, guides our behaviour, and helps us to develop and maintain relationships with others.

Demand for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Malaysia has been growing extensively, involving various involvement from industry and academia.

What impels human beings to harm others -- family members or strangers?

Video Games in Psychotherapy provides the reader with a practical session-by-session framework for using video games, interactive media, and gaming metaphors to help make the process of psychotherapy more engaging for today's youth.

In recent years, trust has enjoyed increasing interest from a wide range of parties, including organizations, policymakers, and the media.