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Mutualities in Dialogue by Ivana Markova 9780521499415
RRP: €44.02€37.26Dialogue has developed from more primitive forms of social communication in the course of evolution. In Mutualities in Dialogue, 'dialogue' refers to face-to-face interaction between two or more individuals using a system of signs. It asks the question,... -
Social Motivation: Understanding Children's School Adjustment by Jaana Juvonen 9780521473248
RRP: €149.94€128.51How are children's social lives at school related to their motivation to achieve and how do motivational and social processes interact to explain children's adjustment at school? This volume, first published in 1990, features work by leading researchers... -
The Perceived Self: Ecological and Interpersonal Sources of Self Knowledge by Ulric Neisser 9780521415095
RRP: €142.80€122.65This book brings different ideas to bear on the classical problem of the self. Self-perception, both ecological and social, is the earliest and most fundamental form of self-knowledge. In his introduction, Ulric Neisser describes the 'ecological self' as... -
Computation and Human Experience by Philip E. Agre 9780521384322
RRP: €130.90€110.94This book offers a critical reconstruction of the fundamental ideas and methods of artificial intelligence research. Through close attention to the metaphors of artificial intelligence and their consequences for the field's patterns of success and... -
Cultural Psychology: Essays on Comparative Human Development by James W. Stigler 9780521378048
RRP: €80.91€70.83This book raises the idea of a distinct discipline of cultural psychology, the study of the ways that psyche and culture, subject and object, and person and world make up each other. Cultural Psychology is a collection of essays from leading scholars in... -
Affect and Social Behavior by Bert S. Moore 9780521327688
RRP: €119.00€100.41Affect and Social Behavior, first published in 1990, provides a comprehensive and integrative examination of research and theory into the role that emotion plays in influencing social behavior. The contributors investigate a number of important domains... -
The Individual, Communication, and Society: Essays in Memory of Gregory Bateson by Robert W. Rieber 9780521267410
RRP: €130.90€110.94The Individual, Communication, and Society is a collection of original essays on communication written by leading scholars in honor of the work of the late Gregory Bateson. Bateson, who began his career as a zoologist at Cambridge University, was one of... -
Bereavement and Health: The Psychological and Physical Consequences of Partner Loss by Wolfgang Stroebe 9780521244701
RRP: €80.92€72.82Does the popular notion of a 'broken heart' have some grounding in reality? How can grief affect the body in ways that necessitate medical care and may even be life-threatening? Bereavement and Health constitutes a comprehensive review of what is known... -
Work Places: The Psychology of the Physical Environment in Offices and Factories by Eric Sundstrom 9780521319478
RRP: €44.02€38.26How do the physical surroundings affect people who work in offices and factories? Work Places attempts to answer this question by summarising the psychological and social influences of work settings. Environmental psychologist Eric Sundstrom, in... -
Attribution, Communication Behavior, and Close Relationships by Valerie Lynn Manusov 9780521177276
RRP: €44.02€36.57The field of close relationships is one of the most fertile areas of work in the social and behavioural sciences. Central to theoretical developments in the study of close relationships is a focus on people's interpretive activities and communication... -
Human Territorial Functioning: An Empirical, Evolutionary Perspective on Individual and Small Group Territorial Cognitions, Behaviors, and Consequences by Ralph B. Taylor 9780521313070
RRP: €55.92€47.71'Territorial functioning' refers to an interlocked system of sentiments, cognitions, and behaviors that are highly place-specific, and socially and culturally determined and maintaining. In this book, Ralph Taylor explores the consequences of human... -
Algebraic Models for Social Networks by Philippa Pattison 9780521031417
RRP: €51.16€43.54As the analysis of social networks, or networks of interpersonal and social relationships among social groups, has become an increasingly important method of research in several of the social and behavioural sciences, the gathering of network data has... -
Extending Self-Esteem Theory and Research: Sociological and Psychological Currents by Timothy J. Owens 9780521028424
RRP: €49.97€45.62Self-esteem is an academic and popular phenomenon, vigorously researched and debated, sometimes imbued with magical qualities, other times vilified as the bane of the West's preoccupation with self. Though thousands of articles have been devoted to the... -
Roots of Civic Identity: International Perspectives on Community Service and Activism in Youth by Miranda Yates 9780521028400
RRP: €44.02€37.26Miranda Yates and James Youniss have brought together an international collection of essays that describe the state of community participation among the world's youth. Authors from around the globe use empirical data to present portraits of youth... -
Resilience and Vulnerability: Adaptation in the Context of Childhood Adversities by Suniya S. Luthar 9780521001618
RRP: €59.49€51.09Integrated in this book are contributions from leading scientists who have each studied children's adjustment across risks common in contemporary society. Chapters in the first half of the book focus on risks emanating from the family; chapters in the... -
Social Identity, Intergroup Conflict, and Conflict Reduction by Richard D. Ashmore 9780195137422
RRP: €154.70€130.67How are group-based identities related to intergroup conflict? When and how do ethnic, religious, and national identities lead to oppression, violence, rebellion, war, mass-murder, and genocide? How do intergroup conflicts change people's identities? How... -
A History of Social Psychology: From the Eighteenth-Century Enlightenment to the Second World War by Gustav Jahoda 9780521868280
RRP: €113.05€92.21The term 'social psychology' was first established in the 1860s but the issues surrounding the subject have evolved over a much longer period. This book follows the history of the discipline over two and a half centuries, demonstrating the links between... -
Benign Bigotry: The Psychology of Subtle Prejudice by Kristin J. Anderson 9780521878357
RRP: €88.06€80.04While overt prejudice is now much less prevalent than in decades past, subtle prejudice - prejudice that is inconspicuous, indirect, and often unconscious - continues to pervade our society. Laws do not protect against subtle prejudice and, because of... -
Social Perspectives on Emotion by David D. Franks 9780762300501
€112.69This volume focuses on theory and research which lends insight into how emotions are distributed, experienced and structured within five broadly conceived institutional areas. These are: medical and health care; family; work and leisure; education; and... -
Facing Apocalypse by Mary Watkins 9780882140995
RRP: €20.37€18.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780882140995Author Mary WatkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Spring PublicationsPublisher Spring PublicationsWeight(grams) 152g -
Psychological Aspects of Modernity by Jerome Braun 9780275942625
€99.06Braun's work has a strong psychological focus on the ramifications of social change--with emphasis on modernization for meeting the psychological needs of the people involved. What is unique about the work (it represents the collaboration of seven... -
The Evolutionary Outrider: The Impact of the Human Agent on Evolution, Essays Honouring Ervin Laszlo by David Loye 9780275964085
€114.03The overriding challenge for our species during the 21st century, many believe, will be that of evolving...or becoming extinct. Can the theory of evolution be expanded into a source of guidance that could help our species save itself? This collection... -
Explanations, Accounts, and Illusions: A Critical Analysis by John McClure 9780521047500
RRP: €36.88€27.19This book provides a lucid survey of the major viewpoints in social psychology concerning people's self-awareness (or lack of it), their explanations of their own actions, and their cognitive illusions and self-misunderstandings. In this readable but... -
The Alternative Wrong: Unbinding from Toxic Culture by Ryan Starbloak 9780997602340
RRP: €9.71€8.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997602340Author Ryan StarbloakFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Ryan StarbloakPublisher Ryan StarbloakWeight(grams) 186g -
Psyche and Eros: Mind and Gender in the Life Course by Gisela Labouvie-Vief 9780521433402
RRP: €119.00€86.36In Psyche and Eros, first published in 1994, Gisela Labouvie-Vief describes historical and current concepts of mind and development, drawing from disciplines as diverse as philosophy, mythology, religion, literature, and psychology. She then presents a... -
Preventing and Treating Bullying and Victimization by Eric Vernberg 9780195335873
€79.14Research evidence on bully-victim problems has accumulated rapidly in recent years. From this, there is little doubt that prolonged involvement in bullying, as a perpetrator, victim, or, not uncommonly, as both a perpetrator and target of bullying,... -
Doing Social Psychology by Dorothy Miell 9780761960508
RRP: €58.30€51.53This textbook offers a comprehensive guide to carrying out a research project in social psychology. With helpful suggestions and step-by-step guidance through every stage of the research process, the book challenges the reader throughout to tackle the... -
Us and Them: Understanding Your Tribal Mind by David Berreby 9780316090308
€31.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316090308Author David BerrebyFormat HardbackPage Count 370Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 612g -
Constructing Social Psychology: Creative and Critical Aspects by William McGuire 9780521646727
RRP: €49.97€38.89This collection of papers by William J. McGuire reports research on the phenomenal self, revealing how we selectively perceive ourselves and other complex stimuli in terms of distinctive or atypical features, often noticing what is missing rather than... -
Illusions of Control: Striving for Control in Our Personal and Professional Lives by Fathali M. Moghaddam 9780275960254
€77.98Illusions of control are explored in a wide variety of domains-from the micro level of the self and interpersonal relations to the macro level of large organizations and intergroup and international relations. The authors argue that people are motivated... -
Reward and Punishment in Social Dilemmas by Paul A. M. van Lange 9780199300747
RRP: €94.01€73.13One of the key scientific challenges is the puzzle of human cooperation. Why do people cooperate? Why do people help strangers, even sometimes at a major cost to themselves? Why do people want to punish others who violate norms and undermine collective... -
Culture in Mind: Cognition, Culture, and the Problem of Meaning by Bradd Shore 9780195095975
RRP: €124.95€98.21Culture in Mind is an ethnographic portrait of the human mind. Using case studies from both western and nonwestern societies. Shore argues that "cultural models" are necessary to the functioning of the human mind. Drawing on recent developments... -
Taking Care: Understanding and Encouraging Self-Protective Behavior by Neil D. Weinstein 9780521324359
RRP: €130.90€98.07Taking Care examines the reasons why people take precautions - and the reasons why they do not. Some authors offer theoretical perspectives on issues ranging from the cognitive processes of the individual to the values and historical trends in the larger... -
Disordered Thinking and Communication in Children by Mahin Hassibi 9780306404900
€54.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306404900Author Mahin HassibiFormat HardbackPage Count 207Imprint Kluwer Academic/Plenum PublishersPublisher Springer Science+Business MediaWeight(grams)... -
The Social Context of Nonverbal Behavior by Pierre Philippot 9780521583718
RRP: €130.90€98.07This volume presents, in an integrated framework, the newest, most contemporary perspectives on the role of nonverbal behavior in social interaction. The book includes empirically-grounded work and theories that are central to our understanding of the... -
Exploring Affect: The Selected Writings of Silvan S Tomkins by Silvan S. Tomkins 9780521443715
RRP: €148.75€110.94Silvan Tomkins was one of the most influential theorists on emotion and emotional expression. Over a period of 40 - some years - until his death in 1991 - he developed a set of original, important ideas about the nature of affect and its relationship to... -
Breaking the Chains of Capitalism: An Evolutionary Journey to True Freedom by Marco D'Anna 9780990957034
RRP: €14.76€13.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990957034Author Marco D'AnnaFormat PaperbackImprint True Freedom TechnologiesPublisher True Freedom TechnologiesWeight(grams) 635g -
Social Interaction in Individual Development by Willem Doise 9780521154840
RRP: €36.88€26.05A striking feature of many studies of the psychological development of the individual is their recourse to explanations of a social nature. This 1984 volume is centrally situated in this tradition of research, and its authors no longer view the child and... -
Understanding Attitudes to the European Community: A Social-Psychological Study in Four Member States by Miles Hewstone 9780521154956
RRP: €36.88€26.05This 1986 study presents an insightful perspective on public attitudes towards the European Community. It contains a review of the findings from public opinion surveys of the time on this issue, but goes beyond straightforward description to provide a... -
The Meaning of Primate Signals by Rom Harre 9780521087735
RRP: €36.88€24.92Language is just one particularly highly developed form of primate communication. Recent years have seen increased attention to other forms: studies of animals in the wild, efforts to teach sign language to apes. This volume reflects perspectives from a...