Applications of Social Psychology (eBook, PDF)

How Social Psychology Can Contribute to the Solution of Real-World Problems
Redaktion: Forgas, Joseph P.; Fiedler, Klaus; Crano, William D.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores what social psychology can contribute to our understanding of real-life problems and how it can inform rational interventions in any area of social life. By reviewing some of the most recent achievements in applying social psychology to pressing contemporary problems, the editors convey a fundamentally optimistic message.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000036619
• Artikelnr.: 58561186

Autorenporträt

Joseph P. Forgas is Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales. In recognition of his work, he received the Order of Australia, the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, and has been elected Fellow of the Australian and Hungarian Academies of Science. William D. Crano is Oskamp Professor of Psychology at Claremont Graduate University. He was liaison scientist for the US Office of Naval Research, NATO Senior Scientist, and Fulbright Senior Scholar. Klaus Fiedler is Professor of Psychology at the University of Heidelberg, Fellow of the German Academies of Science and the American Psychological Society and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Applications of Social Psychology: History, Issues and Prospects
Part I. Basic Issues and Methods
Chapter 2. Grounding Applied Social Psychology in Translational Research
Chapter 3. The Evolutionary Mismatch Hypothesis: Implications for Applied
Social Psychology
Chapter 4. "Bad" Things Reconsidered
Chapter 5. A Process Approach to Influencing Attitudes and Changing
Behavior: Revisiting Classic Findings in Persuasion and Popular
Interventions
Part II. Promoting Individual Health and Well-Being
Chapter 6. Call of Duty - The Tobacco Wars: Opposing Effects of Tobacco
Glorifying and Prevention Messages in Entertainment Video Games
Chapter 7. The Development of Aggressive Behavior in Childhood and
Adolescence: A Social Interactionist Perspective
Chapter 8. Grounding Desire: The Role of Consumption and Reward Simulations
in Eating and Drinking Behavior
Chapter 9. In Sync with Your Shrink: Grounding Psychotherapy in
Interpersonal Synchrony
Part III. Improving Interpersonal Relations and Communication
Chapter 10. Applications of Attachment Theory and Research: The Blossoming
of Relationship Science
Chapter 11. Social Psychological Contributions to the Mitigation of
Adolescent Depression
Chapter 12. When Justice is not Blind: The Effects of Expectancies on
Social Interactions and Judgments in Legal Settings
Chapter 13. How Do Online Social Networks Influence People's Emotional
Lives?
Part IV. Public Affairs and Political Behavior
Chapter 14. Understanding Populism: Collective Narcissism and the Collapse
of Democracy in Hungary
Chapter 15. Collective Nostalgia and the Desire to Make One's Group Great
Again
Chapter 16. Do IAT Scores Explain Racial Inequality?
Chapter 17. Cracking the Culture Code: A Tri-Level Model for Cultivating
Inclusion in Organizations