Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Wendy Stainton Rogers is Professor of Health Psychology in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the Open University, UK. One of the 'founding mothers' of critical psychology, Wendy has been active in this movement for more than 20 years. She is author of The Psychology of Gender and Sexuality (2001).Catriona Macleod, Professor of Psychology, Rhodes University, South Africa
In the brave new world of Facebook and Twitter, our social, political and personal worlds are all profoundly changing. To be relevant to our lives today, Social Psychology needs to be transformed. This popular book has been radically revised to do just that.
Extensively updated and expanded, this new edition contains a broad grounding in traditional experimental work and a thorough treatment of the different 'logics of inquiry' adopted for empirical research. The book also:
Acknowledgements
Guided tour
British Psychological Society guidelines for topics that should be included in courses on social psychology
How to use this book
SECTION 1 Foundations and principles
What is social psychology?
The foundations of experimental and critical social psychology
An introduction to critical social psychology
SECTION 2 Methods and analytics
Quantitative research in social psychology
Qualitative research in social psychology
SECTION 3 Social cognition and construction
Communication and language in social psychology
Social cognition, social perception and attribution
Attitudes and behaviour
SECTION 4 Social identities and relationships
Values
Social selves and social identities
The social psychology of relationships
SECTION 5 Communities, groups and intergroup processes
The social psychology of groups
The social psychology of prejudice
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index