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New Brochure: Social Psychology - New and Recent Books, 2009
The Psychology Press Social Psychology catalogue 2009 is now available.
This annual catalogue includes new books and selected backlist titles from subject areas including Attitudes and Persuasion, Cross Cultural Psychology, Gender Identity and Sex Roles, Group Processes, Intergroup Behavior, Interpersonal Processes, Non-verbal Communication, Personality, Political Psychology, Prejudice, Self and Social Identity, and Social Cognition..
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The Social Psychology Arena provides professionals, researchers, instructors and students with information on the range of Social Psychology books produced by Routledge, Psychology Press, and also by Guilford Press.
Subjects covered by this Arena include: Applied Social Psychology, Attitudes and Persuasion, Social Influence, Attribution, Criminology and Deliquency, Cross Cultural Psychology, Gender Identity and Sex Roles, Group Processes, Intergroup Behavior, Interpersonal Processes, Non-verbal Communication, Personality, Political Psychology, Prejudice, Religion, Self and Social Identity, Social Cognition, Social Constructionism, Social Psychology of Organizations, and Social Representation.
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An article from Social Influence was recently highlighted in the BPS Research Digest:
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New: Minority Influence and Innovation: Antecedents, Processes and Consequences
Within social groups, pressures exist which encourage the individual to comply with the group's viewpoint.
This influence, which creates social conformity, is known as 'majority influence' and is the dominant process of social control. However, there also exists a 'minority influence', which emerges from a small subsection of the group and is a dynamic force for social change.
This book seeks to identify the conditions under which minority influence can prevail.
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New: Symbolic Transformation: The Mind in Movement Through Culture and Society
This book brings together scholars from around the world to address the question of how culture and mind are related through symbols.
It is through the mediation of symbols that we think, act, imagine, feel, dream and remember. Thus, to understand the structure, function and development of symbols is to understand what it means to be human.
New: Introduction to Political Psychology, 2nd Edition
This comprehensive, user-friendly introductory textbook explores the psychological origins of political behavior.
The authors introduce readers to a broad range of theories, concepts, and case studies of political activity to illustrate that behavior.
The book examines many patterns of political behaviors, including leadership, group behavior, voting, race, ethnicity, nationalism, terrorism, war, and genocide.
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New: An Introduction to Theories of Personality, 7th Edition
This textbook is a highly readable introduction to the ideas of the most significant personality theorists.
Engaging biographical sketches begin each chapter, and unique capsule summaries help students review key concepts.
Theories come alive through the inclusion of quotations from the theorists' writings and numerous applications such as dream interpretation, psychopathology, and psychotherapy.
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