Social, group or collective psychology

This book provides an archival forum for researchers, academics, practitioners and industry professionals interested and/or engaged in the reform of the ways of teaching and learning through advancing current learning environments towards smart learning environments.

Originally published in 1927, An Introduction to Social Psychology represents an attempt at a more synthetic type of treatment of the field than had previously been given.

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

In this groundbreaking re-visioning of lesbianism, Magee and Miller transcend a literature that, for decades, has focused on the timeworn and misconceived task of formulating a lesbian-specific psychology.

Challenges the assumption of the rationality of foreign policy makers in international relations, showing how leaders systematically vary in the rationality of their thinking.

This second edition of Brand Meaning lays out new territory for the understanding of how brands both acquire and provide meaning.

'Bold Ventures resembles a pop version of Iain Sinclair's psychogeography or Out of Sheer Rage, Geoff Dyer's anti-biography of DH Lawrence' Olivia Laing, GUARDIAN'A marvel: a monument to human beings continuing to reach for the skies, even after their plans dissolve in dust' NEW YORK TIMESIn thirteen chapters, Belgian poet Charlotte Van den Broeck goes in search of buildings that were fatal for their architects - architects who either killed themselves or are rumoured to have done so.

This important book brings together race, mental health and applied psychology, unpacking these areas from differing perspectives and offering new insights in support of training and development of practice.

Since the release of the very successful first edition in 2001, the field of emotional intelligence has grown in sophistication and importance.

A penetrating analysis of the fundamental conceptual continuities and discontinuities that inform the history of psychology.

For many years the dominant focus in gender relations has been the differences between men and women.

This mind-opening take on indigenous psychology presents a multi-level analysis of culture to frame the differences between Chinese and Western cognitive and emotive styles.

This stimulating book surveys the research on the challenges and opportunities encountered when working within culturally and geographically diverse organizational settings.

This three-volume anthology is a comprehensive overview of how the human yearning for peace has played out, and is playing out, on this planet.

This book explicates "e;bullying"e; as a concept and as a social and cultural phenomenon that has become a defining reality of the times in which we live.

Written for those interested in the topic of "e;shared knowledge"e; in organizations, this edited volume brings together a variety of themes and perspectives that emerge when multidisciplinary scholars examine this important subject.

Why is there currently such strong academic and popular interest in 'the body' in contemporary societies?

The final reader in the Child Development in Social Context series shows how the study of child development is inevitably bound up in more ephemeral cultural ideas about the nature and needs of children and in the educational practices that rise from these ideas.

Every day we hear about some fascinating new discovery.

This international collection discusses how the individualised, reflexive, late modern era has changed the way we experience and act on our emotions.

Written by four leading researchers in the study of prosocial behavior, this book introduces a new perspective on prosocial behavior for the 21st century.

In Volume 17, a series of critical appreciations of George and Louise Spindler's multidisciplinary contributions focus on homogeneity and heterogeneity in American cultural anthropology (S.

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We are living in a world in which the existence of risk is constantly debated, misinformation and disinformation are rife and spread quickly and easily through online media, and where governments and institutions continue to avoid taking decisive action even when there is general agreement that a serious threat exists.

The internet is so central to everyday life, that it is impossible to contemplate life without it.

Difference, Dialogue, and Development is an in-depth exploration of the collected works of Mikhail Bakhtin to find relevance of key concepts of dialogism for understanding various aspects of human development.

Sibling relationships and rivalry are as old as recorded history.

This book illustrates group dynamics and group interventions in response to diversity-related content and processes in group therapy.

In an era when self-care often revolves around consumption and profit, a health and science journalist emphasizes the genuine health advantages of a culture of caring.

Autism is a complex phenomenon that is both individual and social.

In an original integration of the medical model and therapeutic community approaches to hospital milieu treatment, Oldham and Russakoff present both a systematic theory for acute hospital treatment and its practical application, spelled out in great detail without lowering the high level of their narrative to a cookbook approach to treatment.

Emphasis in cultural and cross-cultural psychology on psychological differences leads to stereotyping.

This book explores social factors that influence well-being, as well as the relationship between these factors.

In Emotional Healing, world-renowned alternative-health expert Jan de Vries turns his attention to the myriad of mental and emotional conditions that he has seen increase amongst his patients in recent years.

The book intertwines several strands of scholarship in Indian Philosophy, contemporary psychology and the lived Indian psychological practice inclusive of Yoga, advaita, tantra and bhakti to engage in an exploration of consciousness, cognitive science and philosophy.

While there may be no one single characteristic that differentiates humans as a species, it is the combination of differences from other species that makes us unique.

There are about ten books in the world on stage performance training.

First published in English in 1968, Joseph Nuttin contributes the first chapter, on Motivation.

Organisational Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies critically reflects upon 14 studies by researchers such as Gilbreth, French and Raven, Greenberg, and Schein, that have long been considered foundational.

This book examines aspects of Western psychological and educational theory in relation to educational practice around the world, and considers the extent to which current understandings are truly applicable to a range of diverse settings.

A Companion to Introductory Psychology is a rich collection of thought-provoking chapters, which enhance student interest and promote group discussions, training entry-level students in critical thinking skills and engaging them with course material.

Based on three years of ethnographic research with Bruce Springsteen fans, and informed by the author's own experiences as a fan, Tramps Like Us is an interdisciplinary study of the ways in which ordinary people form special, sustained attachments to Springsteen and his music and how those attachments function in people's daily lives.

Presents social development in children through the language of preference management.

Over the course of the last four decades, Robert Cialdini's work has helped spark an intellectual revolution in which social psychological ideas have become increasingly influential.

Crime, Criminal Justice and Religion: A Critical Appraisal seeks to bridge a gap in the examination of crime and criminal justice by taking both a historical and a contemporary lens to explore the influence of religion.

Psychological interest in religion, in terms of both theory and empirical research, has been constant since the beginning of psychology.