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The Single Woman

A Discursive Investigation

By Jill Reynolds

The increase in numbers of single people has been described as one of the greatest social phenomena of western society. Most women will spend periods...

Published April 25th 2008 by Routledge.

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Personality and Intelligence at Work

Exploring and Explaining Individual Differences at Work

By Adrian Furnham

Personality and Intelligence at Work examines the increasingly controversial role of individual differences in predicting and determining behaviour at work. It combines approaches from organizational...

Published March 19th 2008 by Routledge.

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Media, Gender and Identity

An introduction

By David Gauntlett

Popular media present a vast array of stories about women and men. What impact do these images and ideas have on people’s identities?

The new edition...

Published March 18th 2008 by Routledge.

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Personality and Social Behavior

Edited by Frederick Rhodewalt

The study of the relationship between the person and the situation has had a long history in psychology. Many theories of personality are set on...

Published February 21st 2008 by Psychology Press.

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Sport Psychology

Performance Enhancement, Performance Inhibition, Individuals, and Teams

By Nicholas T. Gallucci

Sport Psychology is a senior undergraduate textbook that provides a synthesis of the major topics in sport psychology with an applied focus and an emphasis...

Published December 26th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Group Dynamics in Exercise and Sport Psychology

Contemporary Themes

Edited by Mark R. Beauchamp, Mark A. Eys

Can a better understanding of group dynamics raise individual and team athletic performance or improve the outcomes of exercise interventions?

Much human behaviour in sport and...

Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge.

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Attitudes

Their Structure, Function, and Consequences

Edited by Russell H. Fazio, Richard E. PettyArie W. Kruglanski
Series Editor: Arie W. Kruglanski

The study of likes and dislikes - what social psychologists refer to as "attitudes" - has been a central focus of the field for decades....

Published August 20th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Attitudes

Their Structure, Function, and Consequences

Edited by Russell H. Fazio, Richard E. PettyArie W. Kruglanski
Series Editor: Arie W. Kruglanski

The study of likes and dislikes - what social psychologists refer to as "attitudes" - has been a central focus of the field for decades....

Published August 9th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Body Image

Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men, Women, and Children

By Sarah Grogan

Body Image: Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men, Women and Children presents a review of what is presently known and the results of some new research...

Published July 20th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Self

Edited by Constantine Sedikides, Steven J. Spencer

This volume provides a cutting-edge exposition to research on the self. Sixteen authoritative overviews highlight the role of the self around four themes. The first...

Published June 26th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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The Science of Social Influence

Advances and Future Progress

Edited by Anthony R. Pratkanis

The contributions to this volume capture the thrill of current work on social influence, as well as providing a tutorial on the scientific and technical...

Published May 17th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Social Networks in Youth and Adolescence

By John Cotterell
Series Editor: John Coleman

This thoroughly revised new edition looks at the nature of social networks, their changing configurations, and the forces of influence they unleash in shaping the...

Published May 10th 2007 by Routledge.

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Rehabilitation

By Tony Ward, Shadd Maruna

Over the last two decades, empirical evidence has increasingly supported the view that it is possible to reduce re-offending rates by rehabilitating offenders rather than...

Published May 3rd 2007 by Routledge.

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Sanctioning Pregnancy

A Psychological Perspective on the Paradoxes and Culture of Research

By Harriet Gross, Helen Pattison

Pregnancy provides a very public, visual confirmation of femininity. It is a time of rapid physical and psychological adjustment for women and is surrounded by...

Published April 26th 2007 by Routledge.

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Religious Fundamentalism and Social Identity

By Peter Herriot

The attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon in the United States of September 11th, 2001 brought the phenomenon of religious fundamentalism to...

Published January 25th 2007 by Routledge.

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Social Psychology

Third Edition

By Eliot R. Smith, Diane M. Mackie

Social Psychology, 3rd Edition provides the only conceptually integrated undergraduate introduction to social psychology, offering a clear synthesis of the cognitive and social, and individual...

Published January 16th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Social Comparison Theories

Edited by Diederik A. Stapel, Hart Blanton

Self-perception and behavior do not occur in a social vacuum: who we are, and what we do, is often a function of what other people...

Published December 15th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Social Psychology and the Unconscious

The Automaticity of Higher Mental Processes

Edited by John A. Bargh

Evidence is mounting that we are not as in control of our judgments and behavior as we think we are. Unconscious or ‘automatic’ forms of...

Published November 21st 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Sexuality in Adolescence

Current Trends

By Susan Moore, Doreen Rosenthal

Sexuality in Adolescence: Current Trends considers the latest theory and research on adolescent development, focusing on sexuality as a vital aspect of normal, healthy maturation....

Published October 26th 2006 by Routledge.

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Explaining Communication

Contemporary Theories and Exemplars

By Diane Lapp, James Flood, Cynthia H. Brock, Douglas FisherBryan B. WhaleyWendy Samter

Offering a direct sightline into communication theory, Explaining Communication provides in-depth discussions of communication theories by some of the foremost scholars working in communication today....

Published October 23rd 2006 by Routledge.

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Communicating at the End of Life

Finding Magic in the Mundane

By Elissa Foster

This enlightening volume provides first-hand perspectives and ethnographic research on communication at the end of life, a topic that has gone largely understudied in communication...

Published October 19th 2006 by Routledge.

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Critical Thinking About Sex, Love, and Romance in the Mass Media

Media Literacy Applications

Edited by Mary-Lou Galician, Debra L. Merskin

This distinctive volume explores how romantic coupleship is represented in books, magazines, popular music, movies, television, and the Internet within entertainment, advertising, and news/information. This reader...

Published October 19th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Capacity to Care

Gender and Ethical Subjectivity

By Wendy Hollway
Series Editor: Jane Ussher

Wendy Hollway explores a subject that is largely absent from the topical literature on care. Humans are not born with a capacity to care, and...

Published October 5th 2006 by Routledge.

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Psychology of Emotion

Interpersonal, Experiential, and Cognitive Approaches

By Paula M. Niedenthal, Silvia Krauth-Gruber, François Ric

This textbook discusses fundamental issues in the definition and measurement of emotion, including: conscious and unconscious processes; the ways in which emotions arise in, and...

Published September 18th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Psychology of Emotion

Interpersonal, Experiential, and Cognitive Approaches

By Paula M. Niedenthal, Silvia Krauth-Gruber, François Ric

This textbook discusses fundamental issues in the definition and measurement of emotion, including: conscious and unconscious processes; the ways in which emotions arise in, and...

Published September 18th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Gender in the Classroom

Foundations, Skills, Methods, and Strategies Across the Curriculum

Edited by David Sadker, Ellen S. Silber

What’s missing from your teacher education program? According to research studies, one glaring omission is gender. Tomorrow’s teachers receive little instruction or training on the...

Published September 8th 2006 by Routledge.

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Chicano-Anglo Conversations

Truth, Honesty, and Politeness

By Madeleine Youmans

This groundbreaking book--about differences in communication practices between Mexican-American underclass residents in an East Los Angeles housing project and white, middle-class literacy tutors who worked...

Published September 6th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Laws of Emotion

By Nico H. Frijda

The Laws of Emotion is an accessible work that reviews much of the insightful new research on emotions conducted over the last ten years. It expands...

Published August 14th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Affect in Social Thinking and Behavior

Edited by Joseph P. Forgas

The role of affect in how people think and behave in social situations has been a source of fascination to laymen and philosophers since time...

Published August 4th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Erving Goffman

By Greg Smith

Decades after his death, the figure of Erving Goffman (1922–82) continues to fascinate. Perhaps the best-known sociologist of the second half of the twentieth century,...

Published August 3rd 2006 by Routledge.

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Social Psychology of Culture

By Chi-Yue Chiu, Ying-Yi Hong

As the speed of globalization accelerates, world cultures are more closely connected to each other than ever before. But what exactly is culture? It seems...

Published July 27th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Handbook of Measurement Issues in Family Research

Edited by Sandra L. Hofferth, Lynne M. Casper

Dramatic societal changes have reshaped America’s families. Young adults have delayed marriage, and cohabitation before marriage has become commonplace. One in three women giving birth...

Published June 26th 2006 by Routledge.

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Evolution and Social Psychology

Edited by Mark Schaller, Jeffry A. Simpson, Douglas T. Kenrick

Why do we think about and interact with other people in the particular ways that we do? Might these thoughts and actions be contemporary products...

Published May 24th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Color, Race, and English Language Teaching

Shades of Meaning

Edited by Andy Curtis, Mary Romney

The unique contribution of this book is to bring together Critical Race Theory and narrative inquiry and apply them specifically to a largely overlooked area...

Published May 15th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Handbook of Communication Skills

Edited by Owen Hargie

The Handbook of Communication Skills is recognised as one of the core texts in the field of communication. This thoroughly revised and updated third edition...

Published May 4th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Social Psychology of Prosocial Behavior

By John F. Dovidio, Jane Allyn Piliavin, David A. Schroeder, Louis A. Penner

Written by four leading researchers in the study of prosocial behavior, this book introduces a new perspective on prosocial behavior for the 21st century. Building...

Published April 25th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Business Psychology and Organisational Behaviour

A Student's Handbook

By Eugene McKenna

Throughout the new edition of this highly-regarded textbook there is broad coverage and well-informed evaluation of different theoretical approaches. Insightful practical examples and vivid illustrations...

Published March 2nd 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Applied Psychology

New Frontiers and Rewarding Careers

Edited by Stewart I. Donaldson, Dale E. Berger, Kathy Pezdek

Applied Psychology demonstrates the power of applied psychology to promote human welfare and optimal human functioning as well as the vast career opportunities that exist...

Published February 15th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Close Relationships

Functions, Forms and Processes

Edited by Patricia Noller, Judith A. Feeney

Close Relationships: Functions, Forms and Processes provides an overview of current theory and research in the area of close relationships, written by internationally renowned scholars...

Published January 26th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Bridging Social Psychology

Benefits of Transdisciplinary Approaches

Edited by Paul A.M. Van Lange

Bridging Social Psychology illuminates the unique contribution the field of social psychology can bring to understanding major scientific and societal problems. The book focuses on...

Published January 19th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Negotiation Theory and Research

Edited by Leigh L. Thompson

Negotiation is the most important skill anyone in the business world can have today, because people must continually negotiate their jobs, responsibilities, and opportunities. Yet...

Published January 13th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Advances in Social and Organizational Psychology

A Tribute to Ralph Rosnow

Edited by Donald A. Hantula

This new volume is a collection of thought-provoking essays on the current state of social and organizational psychology. The topics range from data analysis and...

Published January 4th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Environmental Psychology

By Paul A. Bell, Thomas Greene, Jeffrey Fisher, Andrew S. Baum

Bell et al’s Environmental Psychology is considered to be the most authoritative textbook available for this course. It is the only environmental psychology book to appear...

Published December 29th 2005 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Managing the Monstrous Feminine

Regulating the Reproductive Body

By Jane M. Ussher
Series Editor: Jane Ussher

Managing the Monstrous Feminine takes a unique approach to the study of the material and discursive practices associated with the construction and regulation of the...

Published December 15th 2005 by Routledge.

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The Psychology of Behaviour at Work, Second Edition

The Individual in the Organization

By Adrian Furnham

This superb introduction to the field of organizational psychology and organizational behaviour builds on the foundation of the highly successful first edition to provide up-to-date...

Published October 6th 2005 by Psychology Press.

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Management Speak

Why We Listen to What Management Gurus Tell Us

By David Greatbatch, Timothy Clark

Based on primary research into the public lectures of management gurus, this fascinating new volume analyzes how such gurus disseminate their ideas, values and visions...

Published August 18th 2005 by Routledge.

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Narratives, Health, and Healing

Communication Theory, Research, and Practice

Edited by Lynn M. Harter, Phyllis M. Japp, Christina S. Beck

This distinctive collection explores the use of narratives in the social construction of wellness and illness. Narratives, Health, and Healing emphasizes what the process of...

Published May 18th 2005 by Routledge.

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Border Crossings

Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education

By Henry A. Giroux, Henry A. Giroux

Since 1992, Border Crossings has showcased Henry Giroux's extraordinary range as a thinker by bringing together a series of essays that refigure the relationship between...

Published May 8th 2005 by Routledge.

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Cultures in Conversation

By Donal Carbaugh

Cultures in Conversation introduces readers to the ethnographic study of intercultural and social interactions through the analysis of conversations in which various cultural orientations are...

Published April 19th 2005 by Routledge.

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Cultures in Conversation

By Donal Carbaugh

Cultures in Conversation introduces readers to the ethnographic study of intercultural and social interactions through the analysis of conversations in which various cultural orientations are...

Published April 19th 2005 by Routledge.

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Woman's Relationship with Herself

Gender, Foucault and Therapy

By Helen O'Grady

Woman's Relationship with Herself explores the relationship women have with themselves and demonstrates how this relationship is often dominated by debilitating practices of self-surveillance. Employing...

Published February 7th 2005 by Routledge.

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Geographies of Girlhood

Identities In-between

Edited by Pamela J. Bettis, Natalie G. Adams

Geographies of Girlhood: Identities In-Between explores how adolescent girls come to understand themselves as female in this culture, particularly during a time when they are...

Published February 1st 2005 by Routledge.

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Work and Leisure

Edited by John T. Haworth, Anthony J. Veal

Globalization, economic development and changes in social environments have put the relationships between work, leisure, social structure and quality of life under the spotlight. Profound...

Published January 13th 2005 by Routledge.

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Social Neuroscience

Key Readings

Edited by John T. Cacioppo, Gary G. Berntson

Neuroscientists and cognitive scientists have collaborated for more than a decade with the common goal of understanding how the mind works. These collaborations have...

Published December 29th 2004 by Psychology Press.

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Just Sex?

The Cultural Scaffolding of Rape

By NICOLA GAVEY

Winner of the Association for Women In Psychology 2006 Distinguished Publication Award!

The past two decades have witnessed a significant shift in how rape is understood in...

Published December 9th 2004 by Routledge.

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Attitudes and Opinions

By Stuart Oskamp, P. Wesley Schultz

Notable advances resulting from new research findings, measurement approaches, widespread uses of the Internet, and increasingly sophisticated approaches to sampling and polling, have stimulated a...

Published December 6th 2004 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Reclaiming the Local in Language Policy and Practice

Edited by A. Suresh Canagarajah

This volume inserts the place of the local in theorizing about language policies and practices in applied linguistics. While the effects of globalization around the...

Published November 30th 2004 by Routledge.

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Performance Theories in Education

Power, Pedagogy, and the Politics of Identity

Edited by Bryant Keith Alexander, Gary L. Anderson, Bernardo Gallegos

Performance Theories in Education: Power, Pedagogy, and the Politics of Identity breaks new ground by presenting a range of approaches to understanding the role, function,...

Published October 26th 2004 by Routledge.

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Identity In Adolescence

The balance between self and other

By Jane Kroger

Fully updated to include the most recent research and theoretical developments in the field, the third edition of Identity in Adolescence examines the two way...

Published October 21st 2004 by Routledge.

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Judging the Image

Art, Value, Law

By Alison Young

Art, value, law - the links between these three terms mark a history of struggle in the cultural scene. Studies of contemporary culture have thus...

Published October 21st 2004 by Routledge.

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Social Theory Since Freud

Traversing Social Imaginaries

By Anthony Elliott

In this compelling book, Anthony Elliott traces the rise of psychoanalysis from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism. Examining how pathbreaking theorists such as Adorno, Marcuse,...

Published July 22nd 2004 by Routledge.

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Close Relationships

Key Readings

Edited by Harry T. Reis, Caryl E. Rusbult

Each of the chapters in this reader is written by leading scholars in the area of relationships, reflecting the diversity of the field and including...

Published July 21st 2004 by Psychology Press.

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Psychology's Grand Theorists

How Personal Experiences Shaped Professional Ideas

By Amy P. Demorest

Psychology's Grand Theorists argues that the three schools in psychology that have been dominant historically--the psychodynamic, behavioral, and phenomenological--have resulted in large part from the...

Published July 16th 2004 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Optimal Human Being

An Integrated Multi-level Perspective

By Kennon M. Sheldon

Ken Sheldon's comprehensive new book addresses two questions: how can individuals best integrate the different facets of themselves to achieve "optimal human being", and how...

Published July 1st 2004 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Practices of Turn Construction in Conversation

A Special Issue of Research on Language and Social Interaction

Edited by Gene H. Lerner

This special issue of Research on Language and Social Interaction spotlights the sequential organization of word use by bringing together a collection of reports that...

Published July 1st 2004 by Routledge.

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Social Identity

By Richard Jenkins

This third edition builds on the international success of previous editions, offering an easy access critical introduction to social science theories of identity, for advanced...

Published May 13th 2004 by Routledge.

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Political Psychology

Key Readings

Edited by John T. Jost, Jim Sidanius

Political psychology is a dynamic subfield at the intersection of psychology and political science. The specific relationship between politics and social psychology has been steadily...

Published March 18th 2004 by Psychology Press.

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Introduction to Political Psychology

By Martha L. Cottam, Beth Dietz-Uhler, Elena Mastors, Thomas Preston

The first comprehensive textbook on political psychology, this user-friendly volume explores the psychological origins of political behavior. Using psychological concepts to explain types of political...

Published February 23rd 2004 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Naturalization of the Soul

Self and Personal Identity in the Eighteenth Century

By John Barresi, Raymond Martin

Naturalization of the Soul charts the development of the concepts of soul and self in Western thought, from Plato to the present. It fills an...

Published February 12th 2004 by Routledge.

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Children of Divorce

Stories of Loss and Growth

By John H. Harvey, Mark A. Fine

Children of Divorce features excerpts of stories collected from hundreds of young people. The narratives embrace such themes as despair, chaos in the family, and...

Published January 22nd 2004 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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An Introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis in Education

Edited by Rebecca Rogers

This landmark text is the first introduction to concepts and issues in critical discourse analysis for educational researchers. The central premise is that critical discourse...

Published January 21st 2004 by Routledge.

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Persuasion in Advertising

By John O'Shaugnessy, Nicholas O'Shaugnessy

Effective advertising is, almost always, persuasive advertising, and while not all advertising seeks to persuade, in a competitive situation those who best persuade are those...

Published November 20th 2003 by Routledge.

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Social Cognition

How Individuals Construct Social Reality

By Herbert Bless, Klaus Fiedler, Fritz Strack

How do people think about the world? How do individuals make sense of their complex social environment? What are the underlying mechanisms that determine our...

Published November 18th 2003 by Psychology Press.

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The Psychology of Environmental Problems

By Deborah DuNann Winter, Susan M. Koger

A revision of Winter's Ecological Psychology (1996), this book applies psychological theory and research to environmental problems. After outlining current environmental difficulties, the authors demonstrate...

Published October 1st 2003 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Social Constructionism

Second Edition

By Vivien Burr

This accessible, yet scholarly, textbook aims to introduce students to the area of social science theory and research that has come to be known as...

Published August 7th 2003 by Routledge.

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Social Constructionism

Second Edition

By Vivien Burr

This accessible, yet scholarly, textbook aims to introduce students to the area of social science theory and research that has come to be known as...

Published August 7th 2003 by Routledge.

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Skilled Interpersonal Communication

Research, Theory and Practice, 4th Edition

By Owen Hargie, David Dickson

Previous editions ('Social Skills in Interpersonal Communication') have established this work as the standard textbook on communication. Directly relevant to a multiplicity of research areas...

Published July 17th 2003 by Routledge.

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Pro-Social and Anti-Social Behaviour

By David Clarke

Pro-Social and Anti-Social Behaviour describes the nature and causes of pro-social and anti-social behaviour. It is an introductory level text aimed at students new to...

Published July 3rd 2003 by Routledge.

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Pro-Social and Anti-Social Behaviour

By David Clarke

Pro-Social and Anti-Social Behaviour describes the nature and causes of pro-social and anti-social behaviour. It is an introductory level text aimed at students new to...

Published July 3rd 2003 by Routledge.

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Experiments With People

Revelations From Social Psychology

By Robert P. Abelson, Kurt P. Frey, Aiden Gregg, Aiden Gregg

Experiments With People showcases 28 intriguing studies that have significantly advanced our understanding of human thought and social behavior. These studies, mostly laboratory experiments, shed...

Published July 1st 2003 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Ethnolinguistic Chicago

Language and Literacy in the City's Neighborhoods

Edited by Marcia Farr

This book, together with Latino Language and Literacy in Ethnolinguistic Chicago, documents how the future in a globalizing world is not only increasingly multilingual, but that...

Published July 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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The Faces of Televisual Media

Teaching, Violence, Selling To Children

Edited by Edward L. Palmer, Brian M. Young

This collection offers original, state-of-the-art contributions from leading authorities in children's televisual media. International researchers from communication and psychology provide readers with ready access to...

Published June 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Privacy and Disclosure of Hiv in interpersonal Relationships

A Sourcebook for Researchers and Practitioners

By Kathryn Greene, Valerian J. Derlega, Gust A. Yep, Sandra Petronio

As the HIV epidemic enters its third decade, it remains one of the most pressing health issues of our time. Many aspects of the disease...

Published May 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Mediating the Human Body

Technology, Communication, and Fashion

Edited by Leopoldina Fortunati, James E. Katz, Raimonda Riccini

The ever-increasing integration of technology and the human body is attracting attention from religious, business, and political leaders around the world, and the topic promises...

Published May 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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A Critical Discourse Analysis of Family Literacy Practices

Power in and Out of Print

By Rebecca Rogers

In this groundbreaking, cross-disciplinary book, Rebecca Rogers explores the complexity of family literacy practices through an in-depth case study of one family, the attendant issues...

Published April 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Analysing Identity

Cross-Cultural, Societal and Clinical Contexts

Edited by Peter Weinreich, Wendy Saunderson

People's identities are addressed and brought into being by interaction with others. Identity processes encompass biographical experiences, historical eras and cultural norms in which the...

Published December 19th 2002 by Routledge.

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Understanding Storytelling Among African American Children

A Journey From Africa To America

By Tempii B. Champion

Understanding Storytelling Among African American Children: A Journey From Africa to America reports research on narrative production among African American children for the purpose of...

Published December 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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The Science/Fiction of Sex

Feminist Deconstruction and the Vocabularies of Heterosex

By Annie Potts

What can we learn from exploring the differences in male and female orgasmic experience? Is the penis an entity with a mind of its own?...

Published November 27th 2002 by Routledge.

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The Psychological Development of Girls and Women

Rethinking Change in Time

By Sheila Greene

In this book, Sheila Greene presents a challenging new perspective on the psychological development of girls and women which emphasises the central role of time...

Published November 21st 2002 by Routledge.

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Sigmund Freud

By Robert Bocock

Published October 3rd 2002 by Routledge.

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African American Communication

Exploring Identity and Culture

By Michael L. Hecht, Ronald L. Jackson, Sidney A. Ribeau

What communicative experiences are particular to African Americans? How do many African Americans define themselves culturally? How do they perceive intracultural and intercultural communication? These...

Published September 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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Prosocial Behaviour

By Hans-Werner Bierhoff

How can social bonds in society be strengthened? How do we learn and develop prosocial behaviour?

This comprehensive textbook provides up-to-date coverage of the social phenomenon...

Published August 29th 2002 by Psychology Press.

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Wedding as Text

Communicating Cultural Identities Through Ritual

By Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz

A wedding serves as the beginning marker of a marriage; if a couple is to manage cultural differences throughout their relationship, they must first pass...

Published August 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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Gender, Language and Discourse

By Ann Weatherall

Is language sexist? Do women and men speak different languages?
Gender, Language and Discourse uniquely examines the contribution that psychological research - in particular, discursive psychology...

Published August 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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The Resonance of Emptiness

A Buddhist Inspiration for Contemporary Psychotherapy

By Gay Watson

This work presents an exploration of Buddhist philosophy and practice as a potential resource for an approach to psychotherapy which is responsive to the needs...

Published July 18th 2002 by Routledge.

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Psychology and Crime

By David Putwain, Aidan Sammons

What does a Criminological Psychologist do? The popular image is that of a latter-day Sherlock Holmes helping the police to solve crimes and mysteries, but...

Published March 21st 2002 by Routledge.

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Psychology and Crime

By David Putwain, Aidan Sammons

What does a Criminological Psychologist do? The popular image is that of a latter-day Sherlock Holmes helping the police to solve crimes and mysteries, but...

Published March 21st 2002 by Routledge.

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The Social Psychology of Behaviour in Small Groups

By Donald C. Pennington

The Social Psychology of Behaviour in Small Groups covers theories of group behaviour and their application in organizational psychology. Topics include the structure and...

Published March 21st 2002 by Routledge.

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The Social Psychology of Behaviour in Small Groups

By Donald C. Pennington

The Social Psychology of Behaviour in Small Groups covers theories of group behaviour and their application in organizational psychology. Topics include the structure and...

Published March 7th 2002 by Routledge.

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Attitudes and Attitude Change

By Gerd Bohner, Michaela Wanke

Attitudes - cognitive representations of our evaluation of ourselves, other people, things, actions, events, ideas - and attitude change have been a central concern in...

Published February 21st 2002 by Psychology Press.

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Attitudes and Attitude Change

By Gerd Bohner, Michaela Wanke

Attitudes - cognitive representations of our evaluation of ourselves, other people, things, actions, events, ideas - and attitude change have been a central concern in...

Published February 21st 2002 by Psychology Press.

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The Person in Social Psychology

By Vivien Burr

Traditional social psychology assumes that the person has an already-existing nature that then becomes subject to the influence of the social environment. The Person in...

Published February 14th 2002 by Psychology Press.

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Argumentation

Analysis, Evaluation, Presentation

By Frans H. van Eemeren, Rob Grootendorst, A. Francisca Sn Henkemans

This book concentrates on argumentation as it emerges in ordinary discourse, whether the discourse is institutionalized or strictly informal. Crucial concepts from the theory of...

Published January 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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Communication Under the Microscope

The Theory and Practice of Microanalysis

By Peter Bull

Social interaction in recent years has become the focus of systematic scientific research in a wide variety of academic disciplines. In Communication under the Microscope,...

Published December 20th 2001 by Routledge.

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Odyssey of the Heart

Close Relationships in the 21st Century

By John H. Harvey, Ann L. Weber

Written in a personal, story-telling style, Odyssey weaves excerpts of actual relationships with current and classic research to provide a better perspective on our own...

Published November 1st 2001 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Attitudes and Persuasion

By Philip Erwin

Attitudes and Persuasion provides an up-to-date overview of the crucial role that attitudes play in our everyday lives and how our thoughts and behaviour are...

Published August 16th 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Attribution

An Introduction to Theories, Research and Applications

By Friedrich Försterling

Attribution concerns the scientific study of naive theories and common-sense explanations. This text provides a thorough and up-to-date introduction to the field, combining comprehensive coverage...

Published July 19th 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Children and Their Changing Media Environment

A European Comparative Study

Edited by Sonia Livingstone, Moira Bovill

Focusing on the meanings, uses, and impacts of new media in childhood, family life, peer culture, and the relation between home and school, this volume...

Published May 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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The Social Psychology of Aggression

By Barbara Krahe

This book provides an up-to-date overview of social-psychological research in the field of aggression. It presents a balanced account of both theoretical and applied issues...

Published April 26th 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Public Relations As Relationship Management

A Relational Approach To the Study and Practice of Public Relations

Edited by John A. Ledingham, Stephen D. Bruning

The emergence of relationship management as a paradigm for public relations scholarship and practice requires a close examination of just what is achieved by public...

Published April 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Social Psychology and Human Sexuality

Key Readings

Edited by Roy F. Baumeister

In spite of its central importance in human relationships, the study of sexuality has been somewhat neglected by social psychologists. This reader brings together a...

Published March 9th 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Intergenerational Communication Across the Life Span

By Angie Williams, Jon F. Nussbaum

Individuals of all ages interact with one another, and their interactions have significance throughout their lives. This distinctive volume acknowledges the importance of these interactions...

Published January 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Media Effects and Society

By Elizabeth M. Perse

Media Effects and Society provides an in-depth look at media effects and offers a theoretical foundation for understanding mass media's impact on individuals and society....

Published January 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Family Communication

Progressing Into the 21st Century. A Special Issue of the journal of Family Communication

Edited by Thomas J. Socha

This special issue offers a glimpse at the horizon of family communication studies in the early 21st century by spotlighting the work of some of...

Published January 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Sigmund Freud

By Pamela Thurschwell

Sigmund Freud provides an invaluable introduction to the life and work of one of the twentieth century's most important thinkers. Studied on most undergraduate literary...

Published September 28th 2000 by Routledge.

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Culture in Psychology

Edited by Corinne Squire

Culture in Psychology breaks new ground by attempting to understand the complexity and specificity of cultural identities today. It rejects the idea that Western culture...

Published September 21st 2000 by Routledge.

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Culture in Psychology

Edited by Corinne Squire

Culture in Psychology breaks new ground by attempting to understand the complexity and specificity of cultural identities today. It rejects the idea that Western culture...

Published September 21st 2000 by Routledge.

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Self-Knowledge and the Self

By David A. Jopling

In this clear and reasoned discussion of self- knowledge and the self, the author asks whether it is really possible to know ourselves as we...

Published September 15th 2000 by Routledge.

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Social Cognition

By Donald C. Pennington

Social Cognition looks at the way in which humans interpret, analyse and remember information about the social world. Topics covered include: attribution, social schemas and...

Published August 31st 2000 by Routledge.

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Social Cognition

By Donald C. Pennington

Social Cognition looks at the way in which humans interpret, analyse and remember information about the social world. Topics covered include: attribution, social schemas and...

Published August 31st 2000 by Routledge.

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Femininity and the Physically Active Woman

By Precilla Y. L. Choi

The fitness boom of the last two decades has led to many people incorporating exercise into their lifestyles through activities such as jogging and aerobics....

Published August 24th 2000 by Routledge.

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Stereotypes, Cognition and Culture

By Dr Perry R Hinton

What are stereotypes and why do we use them? Are all stereotypes bad? Can we stop people from using them? Questions such as these have...

Published June 15th 2000 by Psychology Press.

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The Role of Social Context in Educational Psychology

Substantive and Methodological Issues. A Special Issue of educational Psychologist

Edited by Lynley H. Anderman, Eric M. Anderman

Published May 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Communicating Successfully in Groups

A Practical Guide for the Workplace

By Richard Hammersley, Marie Reid

This practical guide to the psychology of effective communication is suitable for anyone for whom communication in groups is a key part of their job....

Published April 20th 2000 by Routledge.

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Media Entertainment

The Psychology of Its Appeal

Edited by Dolf Zillmann, Peter Vorderer

This collection represents a systematic exploration of media entertainment from an academic perspective. Editors Zillmann and Vorderer have assembled scholars from psychology, sociology, and communication...

Published April 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Interpersonal Relationships

By Diana Dwyer

Interpersonal Relationships considers friendship and more intimate relationships including theories of why we need them, how they are formed, what we get out of them...

Published March 9th 2000 by Routledge.

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Manifest Rationality

A Pragmatic Theory of Argument

By Ralph H. Johnson

This book works through some of the theoretical issues that have been accumulating in informal logic over the past 20 years. At the same time,...

Published March 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Assessing Affective Characteristics in the Schools

By Lorin W. Anderson, Sid F. Bourke

The affective realm is a critical, but often forgotten, aspect of schooling. The development of character and the formation of appropriate learning environments rely to...

Published March 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Communication and Aging

By Jon F. Nussbaum, Jon F. Nussbaum, Loretta L. Pecchioni, Loretta L. Pecchioni, James D. Robinson, James D. Robinson, Teresa L. Thompson, Teresa L. Thompson

This text employs a communication perspective to examine the aging process and the ability of individuals to adapt successfully to aging. It continues the groundbreaking...

Published March 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Understanding Depression

Feminist Social Constructionist Approaches

By Janet Stoppard

Women are particularly vulnerable to depression. Understanding Depression provides an in-depth critical examination of mainstream approaches to understanding and treating depression from a feminist perspective....

Published November 11th 1999 by Routledge.

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Early Socialisation

Sociability and Attachment

By Cara Flanagan

Early Socialisation looks at sociability and attachment and how they relate to emotional and cognitive development. Topics covered include: bonding, attachment, deprivation, separation and privation,...

Published August 5th 1999 by Routledge.

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Social Influences

By Kevin Wren

Social Influences looks at how we perceive ourselves and others and how this can influence our behaviour. It includes stereotyping and prejudice, obedience and conformity,...

Published August 5th 1999 by Routledge.

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Social Influences

By Kevin Wren

Published August 5th 1999 by Routledge.

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Communication, Race, and Family

Exploring Communication in Black, White, and Biracial Families

Edited by Thomas J. Socha, Rhunette C. Diggs

This groundbreaking volume explores how family communication influences the perennial and controversial topic of race. In assembling this collection, editors Thomas J. Socha and Rhunette...

Published August 1st 1999 by Routledge.

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From Language To Communication

By Donald G. Ellis

The word "communication" conjures up such diverse images: telephones, computers, television, therapy sessions, intimate relations. Whether a message is fashioned from the grunts of cave...

Published August 1st 1999 by Routledge.

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From Language To Communication

By Donald G. Ellis

From Language to Communication focuses on the structure of texts and on the social and psychological aspects of language. Utilizing current thinking and research, this...

Published August 1st 1999 by Routledge.

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Personal Relationships Across Cultures

By Robin Goodwin

Is falling in love the same the world over?
What makes a 'happy marriage' in different cultures?
How does our society influence us in the...

Published June 24th 1999 by Routledge.

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Revolutions of the Heart

Gender, Power and the Delusions of Love

By Wendy Langford

This book looks at how heterosexual relationships really work. Author?? argues that the process of falling in love is just a brief holiday from the...

Published May 13th 1999 by Routledge.

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Women and Aging

Transcending the Myths

By Linda R. Gannon

Aging in women has traditionally been defined by the menopause, however it is often social and economic changes which are more important to women.
In Aging...

Published April 15th 1999 by Routledge.

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Interpersonal Communication

By Peter Hartley

This fully revised and updated second edition:
* outlines the main components and distinctive characteristics of interpersonal communication
* offers detailed analysis of communication structures, considering their...

Published March 25th 1999 by Routledge.

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Being Married, Doing Gender

A Critical Analysis of Gender Relationships in Marriage

By Caroline Dryden

In one of the first psychological studies of women in heterosexual relationships, Caroline Dryden examines the social context of their experiences and emotional struggles. Unlike...

Published December 10th 1998 by Routledge.

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Queer Theory in Education

Edited by William F. Pinar

Theoretical studies in curriculum have begun to move into cultural studies--one vibrant and increasingly visible sector of which is queer theory. Queer Theory in Education...

Published September 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Stereotypes During the Decline and Fall of Communism

By Gyorgy Hunyady

Published June 25th 1998 by Routledge.

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Post-Natal Depression

Psychology, Science and the Transition to Motherhood

By Paula Nicolson

Post-Natal Depression challenges the expectation that it is normal to be a 'happy mother'. It provides a radical critique of the traditional medical and social...

Published June 18th 1998 by Routledge.

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Gender and Social Psychology

By Vivien Burr

Explaining theory and research in an accessible but thorough manner, Gender and Social Psychology critically evaluates the contribution that psychology has made to the study...

Published April 2nd 1998 by Routledge.

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Friendship in Childhood and Adolescence

By Phil Erwin

Friendships are crucial to children's well-being and happiness and lay important foundations upon which later relationships in adolescence and adulthood are built. This clear, well-structured...

Published April 2nd 1998 by Routledge.

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Adjustment of Adolescents

Cross-Cultural Similarities and Differences

By W. A. Scott, W. A. Scott

Published March 26th 1998 by Routledge.

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Adjustment of Adolescents

Cross-Cultural Similarities and Differences

By W. A. Scott, William Scott

Published March 26th 1998 by Routledge.

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Children as Consumers

A Psychological Analysis of the Young People's Market

By Adrian Furnham, Barrie Gunter

The children's and teenagers' market has become increasingly significant as young people have become more affluent and have an ever growing disposable income. Children as...

Published March 26th 1998 by Routledge.

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Smoking in Adolescence

Images and Identities

By Barbara Lloyd, Kevin Lucas

What factors influence adolescents to take up smoking? Why do more girls smoke than boys? In contrast to medical orthodoxy, Smoking in Adolescence looks at...

Published March 26th 1998 by Routledge.

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Making Sense of Television

The Psychology of Audience Interpretation

By Sonia Livingstone

Taking the soap opera as a case study, this book explores the 'parasocial interaction' people engage in with television programmes. It looks at the nature...

Published March 12th 1998 by Routledge.

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Teaching Media Ethics

A Special Issue of the journal of Mass Media Ethics

Edited by Tom Brislin

Both new instructors teaching media ethics for the first time and mature faculty -- who recognize that media ethics instruction deserves more than being worked...

Published March 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Violence on Television

An Analysis of Amount, Nature, Location and Origin of Violence in British Programmes

By Barrie Gunter, Jackie Harrison

Television is often accused of showing too much violence. However, it is rare that anyone stops to ask what this statement means. Violence on Television...

Published February 19th 1998 by Routledge.

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Being An Older Woman

A Study in the Social Production of Identity

By Isabella Paoletti

The study presented in this volume examines how older women's identities are socially constructed and, in particular, how they can be influenced by institutional intervention....

Published December 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Aspects of Confused Speech

A Study of Verbal Interaction Between Confused and Normal Speakers

By Pamela Shakespeare

Based on research focusing on the experience of having confused speech and being with confused speakers, this book begins with everyday, commonly understood ideas such...

Published December 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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The Thin Woman

Feminism, Post-structuralism and the Social Psychology of Anorexia Nervosa

By Helen Malson

The Thin Woman provides an in-depth discussion of anorexia nervosa from a feminist social psychological standpoint. Medicine, psychiatry and psychology have all presented us with...

Published November 13th 1997 by Routledge.

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Re-thinking Abortion

Psychology, Gender and the Law

By Mary Boyle

Women have been able to have abortions legally for over 30 years. Yet few books have considered it as anything other...

Published November 6th 1997 by Routledge.

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Humor and the Healing Arts

A Multimethod Analysis of Humor Use in Health Care

By Athena du Pr‚, Athena du Pre

Offering a social scientific look at humor's role in medical transactions, this volume is based on extensive field study in seven medical settings. It includes...

Published November 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Message Production

Advances in Communication Theory

Edited by John O. Greene

The last two decades have seen the development of a number of models that have proven particularly important in advancing understanding of message-production processes. Now...

Published September 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Time To Know Them

A Longitudinal Study of Writing and Learning at the College Level

By Marilyn S. Sternglass

In a time of declining resources in institutions of higher education, we grapple with how priorities are to be set for the limited resources available....

Published September 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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The Menstrual Cycle

By Anne Walker

Anne Walker shows that women are neither the victims of raging hormonal fluctuations nor entirely unaffected by them. Unlike most previous publications that focus on...

Published July 31st 1997 by Routledge.

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Gender Equity Right From the Start

By Jo Sanders, Janice Koch, Josephine Urso

What makes girls avoid math, science, and technology in school? And what can teacher educators do to help new teachers keep this from happening so...

Published July 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Partnership for Health

Building Relationships Between Women and Health Caregivers

By Christina S. Beck, Sandra L. Ragan, Athena du Pr‚, Athena du Pre

In the 1960s, feminists voiced their outrage about the health care system in the United States which routinely discriminated against women and, in so doing,...

Published July 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Gender Equity Sources and Resources for Education Students

By Jo Sanders, Janice Koch, Josephine Urso

What makes girls avoid math, science, and technology in school? And what can teacher educators do to help new teachers keep this from happening so...

Published July 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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