Marilynn B. Brewer / Miles Hewstone (eds.)

Applied Social Psychology

Herausgegeben von Brewer, Marilynn B.; Hewstone, Miles

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Applied Social Psychology is a collection of readings from the four-volume set of Blackwell Handbooks of Social Psychology that examine the applications of social psychological theory and research in various domains of personal, institutional, and societal well-being.
Collects readings from the four-volume set of Blackwell Handbooks of Social Psychology and includes introductions by two world-renowned researchers.
Examines the applications of social psychological theory and research in various domains of personal, institutional, and societal well-being.
Illustrates how social psychological analyses of individual, interpersonal, and group level processes have contributed to important areas of applied psychology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 645g
• ISBN-13: 9781405110679
• ISBN-10: 1405110678
• Artikelnr.: 13608285

Autorenporträt

Marilynn B. Brewer is Professor of Psychology at Ohio State University. Her primary research interests include social cognition, intergroup relations, and social identities and the self concept. She is the author of numerous books and articles, including Intergroup Relations (with Norman Miller, 1996), and has served as President of the American Psychological Association and as editor of the journal Personality and Social Psychology . Miles Hewstone is Professor of Social Psychology at Oxford University. His current research interests include the reduction of intergroup conflict, intergroup contact, and the social influence of majorities and minorities. He is the author of many books and articles, including Introduction to Social Psychology (edited with Wolfgang Stroebe and Geoffrey M. Stephenson, Third Edition 2001). He is founding co-editor of the European Review of Social Psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.

Introduction.

Part I: Mental and Physical Health.

Part II: Law and Politics.

Part III: Business and Organizational Behavior.

Index

Rezensionen

"This significant four-volume set will have immediate impact on thefield. It includes contributions from leading international socialpsychologists on a broad range of topics involvingintra-individual, personal, interpersonal, intergroup, and societalprocesses. The chapters, which focus on traditional and emergingareas, are uniformly scholarly and interesting. By skillfullyassembling a mosaic of chapters on focused topics, Brewer andHewstone have captured both the expansiveness and conceptual depthof the field while offering novel and insightful perspectives onsocial psychology." John F. Dovidio, Colgate University

"The subject matter considered in these books is well balancedand varied giving the reader a wide ranging view of the discipline.Each volume stands well on it's own but the four togethermake a complete overview of the subject. These volumes will enhanceeveryone's understanding of the subject from student to academic. Ithoroughly recommend them" Social Psychological Review, October2005