Social, group or collective psychology

World-renowned social psychologists present some of the key developments in identity process theory, examining identity, social action and social change.

Humans are social animals, and change is a social process.

This introductory social psychology text addresses the core knowledge domains of the subject, with key chapters on understanding identities, attribution theory, attitudinal research, social influence, racism and prejudice, class and exclusions, methodologies of social psychology and discursive psychology.

This book offers a refreshing new approach to mental health by showing how 'mental health' behaviours, lived experiences, and our interventions arise from our social worlds and not from our neurophysiology gone wrong.

Although we usually identify our abilities to reason, to adapt to situations, and to solve problems with the mind, recent research has shown that we should not, in fact, detach these abilities from the body.

In this ground-breaking new work, Dan Goodley makes the case for a novel, distinct, intellectual, and political project - dis/ability studies - an orientation that might encourage us to think again about the phenomena of disability and ability.

Evidence is mounting that we are not as in control of our judgments and behavior as we think we are.

The book provides a pentapartite theoretical analysis of socio-economic factors as the grand basis for the evolution of Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria.

This book integrates the science of spatial cognition and the science of team cognition to explore the social, psychological, and behavioral phenomenon of spatial cognition as it occurs in human collectives such as dyads and work teams.

There is widespread agreement that status or standing in the international system is a critical element in world politics.

Bullies, bad bosses, human traffickers, and mean girls all manipulate their victims without lifting a finger.

This book provides a much-needed focus on the victimization experiences of those within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, Queer, intersex, or asexual (LGBTQIA) communities.

Relationships are at the heart of our lives; at home with our families, with our friends, in schools and colleges, with colleagues at the workplace and in our diverse communities.

Drawing on experiences from other jurisdictions within the UK, Criminalising Coercive Control explores the challenges and potential successes which may be faced in implementing Northern Ireland's new domestic abuse offence.

For decades there has been considerable interest in the ways that interactions between children can provide a beneficial context for the study of cognitive and social development.

Throughout the world, many continue to experience collective violence and its long-lasting consequences.

This book employs a broad analysis of Chinese patriliny to propose a distinctive theoretical conceptualization of the role of desire in culture.

It is common for undergraduate and graduate students across various disciplines to be placed on teams and assigned group project research reports and presentations which require them to work together.

Both new instructors teaching media ethics for the first time and mature faculty -- who recognize that media ethics instruction deserves more than being worked into the professional classes -- find most of their instructional techniques come from observing their own instructors or from hunches.

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.

One of the most profound insights of the dynamic systems perspective is that new structures resulting from the developmental process do not need to be planned in advance, nor is it necessary to have these structures represented in genetic or neurological templates prior to their emergence.

Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter.

Presents and tests a theory that helps explain the rise of environmentalist parties, gender equality, and same sex marriage - and the reaction that led to Brexit and the election of Trump.

The consequences of advertising on the social life of the community has been a much-discussed topic in recent years.

This book presents a life-oriented approach, which is an interdisciplinary methodology proposed for cross-sectoral urban policy decisions such as transport, health, and energy policies.

Unemployment and the economic crisis are the brutal facts of life in the everyday world around us.

The deep divides that define politics in the United States are not restricted to policy or even cultural differences anymore.

Experiential Unity Theory and Model was devised to address the current concerns dominating the field of group therapy and individual counseling.

What qualities make a leader succeed in business or politics?

Integrates recent theoretical and empirical research on facilitating the optimal development of close relationships.

Focusing on under-researched aspects of social, economic and political change, this volume offers fresh insights into aging, older people and their families.

This book focuses on leadership -- what it is, how it works, and how complex, multi-layered and multi-dimensional it is -- and how it will change in the years ahead.

This thought-provoking treatise explores the essential functions that culture fulfills in human life in response to core psychological, physiological, and existential needs.

Progress in Psychological Science around the World, Volumes 1 and 2, present the main contributions from the 28th International Congress of Psychology, held in Beijing in 2004.

An adaptation of Dale Carnegies timeless prescriptions for the digital age.

The Routledge Handbook of Media Use and Well-Being serves as the first international review of the current state of this fast-developing area of research.

Justice is everyone's concern.

New York Times Bestseller The only self-help book you'll ever need, from a psychiatrist and his comedy writer daughter, who will help you put aside your unrealistic wishes, stop trying to change things you can't change, and do the best with what you can controlthe first steps to managing all of life's impossible problems.

Everyday conversations including gossip, boasting, flirting, teasing, and informative discussions are highly creative, improvised interactions.

Every year in this country, some 10,000 college and university courses are taught in applied ethics.

This is a provocative contribution to contemporary ethical theory challenging foundational conceptions of character.

The book describes the experience of four Social Dreaming Matrices held online between March and May 2020, during the first lockdown caused by the Covid 19 emergency.

Cannabis Criminology explores the prohibition, decriminalization, and liberalization of cannabis policy through the lens of criminological and sociological theory, essential concepts, and cannabis research.

Dialogue systems are a very appealing technology with an extraordinary future.

In this volume, Geoffrey Madell develops a revised account of the self, making a compelling case for why the "e;simple"e; or "e;anti-criterial"e; view of personal identity warrants a robust defense.

This book aims to provide a better understanding of the different practices of creativity and innovation under crisis situations.

Social Aspects of Memory presents a compelling study of how ordinary people remember war.

Representing a wide range of disciplines -- biology, sociology, anthropology, economics, human ethology, psychology, primatology, history, and philosophy of science -- the contributors to this book recently spent a complete academic year at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) discussing a plethora of new insights in reference to human cultural evolution.