Social Psychology

Life becomes difficult for the judges of others when they are presented with a number of facts about someone which all point in different directions, or which point in no direction at all. Originally published in 1984, this volume brings together...

Originally published in 1979, Perceiving Others is an excellent, short introduction to the area of social psychology known as 'person perception', 'social perception' or 'impression formation' - how people interpret each others' moods, predict each...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786301727Author ReberFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint ISTE LtdPublisher ISTE LtdWeight(grams) 666g

Working the Aisles takes the reader on tumultuous driving trips across the United States and France, on phone sex escapades in San Francisco, on banking battles in Sweden, and many other adventures - including, of course, on trips to supermarkets, where...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569804469Author Theodore Isaac RubinFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Barricade Books IncPublisher Barricade Books IncWeight(grams) 214g

Twins Talk is an ethnographic study of identical twins in the United States, a study unique in that it considers what twins have to say about themselves, instead of what researchers have written about them. It presents, in the first person, the grounded...

Creativity often involves the development of original ideas that are useful or influential. Most research and writing on creativity has focused on individual creativity. However, with the information explosion and growing necessity of specialisation, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316535571Author Malcolm GladwellFormat HardbackPage Count 640Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593236628Author Michael EasterFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Rodale BooksPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063259195Author Dan SchreiberFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316299220Author Malcolm GladwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788499884707Author Catalina PonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Editorial KairosPublisher Editorial KairosWeight(grams) 227g

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781560326779Author Louis A. PagliaroFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Taylor & Francis IncPublisher Taylor & Francis...

With hate crimes on the rise, it is more important than ever to understand how hate originates, develops, manifests, and spreads - and how it can be counteracted. In this book, renowned psychologist Robert J. Sternberg assembles a diverse group of...

The enduring assumption that human behaviour is governed by innate morality and reason is at odds with the persistence of human deprivation, injustice, brutality, inequality and conflict. This book offers a fresh look at human nature and universal...

This book uses the latest psychological science to report on the immigration experience globally, critically address the challenges and provide potential solutions to contemporary immigration.Book InformationISBN 9781433836275Author Fathali M...

The informative and controversial findings in this book are based on two path-breaking national surveys of American families. Both show that while the family may be the central locus of love and support, it is also the locus of risk for those who are...

This volume presents a new conceptualization of personality and social cognition that addresses both traditional and new issues. Written for students of personality, experimental and consumer psychology and cognitive science.Book InformationISBN...

Recent surveys indicate today's workers spend up to 80 percent of their time collaboratively working with others and that teams have become the fundamental unit of organizations. Despite this, there are few scholarly books summarizing how to best start,...

This book investigates amaXhosa circumcision and the psychological processes involved. Lauraine Vivian employs concepts such as resilience, orthodoxy, broken men, and reciprocity to examine the experiences of men who have developed mental health issues...

Rapid urbanization of economic zones in China has resulted in a special social phenomenon: "villages-in-the-city." Underdeveloped villages are absorbed during the expansion of urban areas, while retaining their rustic characteristics. Due to...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused, and will continue to cause, great disruptions to lives, livelihoods, ways of life, and quality of life. We will need to learn to live with the coronavirus for a long time, even as we combat the coronavirus crisis...

In From Vision to Folly in the American Soul Thomas Singer collates his investigations into soul both in its personal and collective manifestations. With selected essays from twenty years of writing about American politics in the context of contemporary...

This book introduces psychosocial studies of idol worship in Chinese societies. It reviews how idol worship is perceived in Chinese culture, history, and philosophy as well as how it differs from the concept of celebrity worship that is more dominant in...

First published in 1975, Madness and Morals presents the major preoccupations of nineteenth century society concerning insanity, its problems, and implications. In the introduction to the collection, Vieda Skultans traces developments and changes in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791446560Author Steve BreymanFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

Originally published in 1973, this work takes a hard look at the claims made for the small group as a learning medium (lecture, structured discussion, 'sensitivity', training groups etc.). Various theories of group dynamics, leadership function and...

DISCOVER THE FOUNDATIONS AND NUANCES OF TREATING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF FILIPINO AMERICANS Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice, 2nd Edition compiles the latest and best information about the psychology of...

Educational Dilemmas uses cultural psychology to explore the challenges, contradictions and tensions that occur during the process of education, with consideration of the effect these have at both the individual and the collective level. It argues that...

1. This book considers masculinity from a psychoanalytic and phenomenological perspective 2. The author draws on current trends of research on femininity from a psychoanalytic approach, and applies in to masculinity 3. Throughout, the positives and...

In a world where we have an endless number of options to swipe through, why do many of us repeatedly return to previous romantic partners? This book addresses this question by synthesizing the research on relationships that break up and renew (i.e...

This book engages with contemporary, and often polarizing, debates surrounding the risks of adolescent use of digital media and internet technologies.By drawing on multiple research studies, the text synthesizes current understandings of the impacts of...

Originally published in 1928, this volume, by a world authority on the subject, sums up our knowledge of the social insects. It inquires what are the social insects and what it is that makes us call them `social'. Terebrantia, aculeata, wasps, bees,...

In Volume 3, Eliot R. Smith of Purdue University proposes that social cognition theorists have placed excessive emphasis on the role of schemata, prototypes, and various other types of abstractions. This has affected both the methodologies they use and...

Resilience and Health presents a wide-ranging scientific dialogue on resilience issues interpreted in the following contexts: theoretical and philosophical, in the perspective of lifespan developmental psychology, the experience of chronic disease and...

Combining theory and history with an active approach rooted in self-reflection, Multicultural Psychology applies a framework of self-awareness and social justice to foundational and current topics across Multicultural Psychology studies today...

The fourth edition of this acclaimed textbook provides an in-depth and engaging overview of community psychology, including its theoretical underpinnings and methods for conducting research and promoting change within communities. This book aims to get...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781433834462Author Dr Robert G JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 205Imprint American Psychological Association (APA)Publisher American Psychological...

If anyone deserves the title "father of social cognition," it is William J. McGuire who, along with his wife and colleague Claire V. McGuire, has written the target article for this volume. The culmination of many years of work, the article...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781433832970Author Claudia ZunigaFormat PaperbackPage Count 247Imprint American Psychological AssociationPublisher American Psychological Association