Applied Social Psychology

✍ Scribed by Professor Gun Semin, Klaus Fiedler

• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 505
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This comprehensive and accessible textbook overviews the applications of social psychology to a wide range of problems and issues in contemporary society. With internationally respected contributors who survey the major developments in their fields, this practical guide incorporates advice, examples and reading lists. The first part of the book outlines a number of general frameworks that inform the applications of social psychology, namely language, attitudes, decision-making and survey research; Part Two focuses on major behavioural domains, including health and economic behaviour; Part Three explains the relationship between social psychology and social institutions, highlighting, for instance, the media, law and politic

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Contributors......Page 11
PART 1: GENERAL FRAMEWORKS IN APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY......Page 14
1 - Attitudes and Behaviour......Page 16
2 - Judgement and Decision Making......Page 43
3 - Survey Research: Collecting Data by Asking Questions......Page 78
4 - Language in Applied Contexts......Page 104
PART 2: FOCAL BEHAVIOUR DOMAINS......Page 124
5 - Health-impairing Behaviours......Page 126
6 - The Social Psychology of Economic and Consumer Behaviour......Page 158
7 - Social Psychology and Environmental Issues......Page 186
8 - The Social Psychology of Driver Behaviour......Page 211
PART 3: THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS......Page 238
9 - Social Psychology and Organizations......Page 240
10 - Social Psychology and the Law......Page 270
11 - Political Psychology......Page 295
12 - Social Psychology and the Media......Page 325
PART 4: THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF SOCIETAL ISSUES......Page 354
13 - Aggression and Violence in Society......Page 356
14 - Social Construction and Old Age: Normative Conceptions and Interpersonal Processes......Page 387
15 - Culture and Migration......Page 412
References......Page 436
Name Index......Page 491
Subject Index......Page 496