Wendy Garnham

Social Psychology for Foundation Year (eBook, PDF)

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• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Introducing students to topical issues and controversies drawn from specific areas of social psychology, Social Psychology for Foundation Year answers a series of contemporary questions and debates by bringing together current theories and studies from a number of areas within the field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040039465
• Artikelnr.: 72281947

Autorenporträt

Wendy Garnham is Professor of Psychology and Director of Student Experience for the Central Foundation Years, University of Sussex, UK. As co-founder of the Active Learning Network, Wendy has experience of teaching across the educational spectrum from reception to postgraduate level, including leading a further education psychology department to Grade 1 status and leading a sixth form before returning to Higher Education. Wendy has won several awards for innovative teaching, including a National Teaching Fellowship in 2020, was part of a Foundation Year team awarded a CATE award in 2019 and a Pearson award for Outstanding Student Support in 2023.

John Drury is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Sussex, UK. His research focuses on collective behaviour, including in emergencies and disasters, riots, protests, and social movements, as well as at ceremonies, music, and sports events. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles on these and other topics, He teaches crowd psychology to the UK Fire and Rescue Service and to crowd safety managers around the world. As part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, he participated in the UK government SAGE behavioural science subgroup SPI-B and is a member of Independent SAGE. He is a former editor of the British Journal of Social Psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Do you really know yourself? 2. The psychology
of physical attraction 3. Do we only help others to benefit ourselves? 4.
Why do we want to be the same a everyone else? Or do we? 5. The art of
persuasion 6. Seeing the social world through biased eyes 7. Is a pub the
best place to visit on a hot day? 8. Soft drinks, President Obama and the
reduction of prejudice 9. Do groups make the best decisions? 10. Guest
Chapter: How does collective violence spread? 11. What makes a good leader?