Social Psychology Arena

Communication Among Grandmothers, Mothers, and Adult Daughters

A Qualitative Study of Maternal Relationships

• By Michelle Miller Day.

Published March 2012

This volume examines communication processes within the grandmother-mother-daughter relationship, emphasizing an intergenerational perspective. Using observations of and extensive interviews with six sets of middle-income, Caucasian female family members, this book offers a heuristic account of…
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Social Thinking and Interpersonal Behavior

• Edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Klaus Fiedler and Constantine Sedikides.

Published March 2012

The connection between mental and social life remains one of the most intriguing topics in all of psychology. This book reviews some of the most recent advances in research exploring the links between how people think and behave in interpersonal situations. The chapters represent a variety of…
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The Science of the Couple

The Ontario Symposium Volume 12

• Edited by Lorne Campbell, Jennifer La Guardia, James M. Olson and Mark P Zanna.

Published February 2012

Although love and relationships have been focal points for poets and philosophers for thousands of years, these topics had not traditionally been the focus of empirical research. As a result, very little was known about how couples maintained happiness and satisfaction in their relationships, or…
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The Psychology of Social Conflict and Aggression

• Edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Arie W. Kruglanski and Kipling D Williams.

Published March 2011

This book provides an up-to-date integration of some of the most recent developments in social psychological research on social conflict and aggression, one of the most perennial and puzzling topics in all of psychology. It offers an informative, scholarly yet readable overview of recent…
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Close Relationships

• By Pamela Regan.

Published January 2011

This multidisciplinary text introduces the concepts, methodologies, theories, and empirical findings of the field of interpersonal relationships. Information is drawn from psychology, communication, family studies, marriage and family therapy, social work, sociology, anthropology, the health…
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Intergroup Conflicts and Their Resolution

A Social Psychological Perspective

• Edited by Daniel Bar-Tal.

Published December 2010

This book provides a framework that sheds an illuminating light into the psyche of people involved in macro-level destructive intergroup conflicts, involving societies and ethnic groups, that take place continuously in various parts of the globe. It focuses on the socio-psychological repertoire…
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Grounding Sociality

Neurons, Mind, and Culture

• Edited by Gün R. Semin, and Gerald Echterhoff.

Published November 2010

This volume concerns the longstanding intellectual puzzle of how individuals overcome their biological, neural, and mental finitude to achieve sociality. It explores how humans take each other into account, coordinate their actions, and are able to share their inner states and to communicate.…
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Skilled Interpersonal Communication

Research, Theory and Practice, 5th Edition

• By Owen Hargie.

Published August 2010

There is a fundamental, powerful, and universal desire amongst humans to interact with others. People have a deep-seated need to communicate, and the greater their ability in this regard the more satisfying and rewarding their lives will be. The contribution of skilled interpersonal communication…
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Children of Divorce

Stories of Loss and Growth, Second Edition

• By John H. Harvey, and Mark A. Fine.

Published June 2010

Featuring excerpts of essays collected from over one thousand young adults while in the throes of divorce, this book paints a picture of the pain and the hope shown by the storytellers. By framing the narratives with an analysis of the most recent divorce literature, the authors provide readers…
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The Scientist and the Humanist

A Festschrift in Honor of Elliot Aronson

• Edited by Marti Hope Gonzales, Carol Tavris and Joshua Aronson.

Published May 2010

Elliot Aronson is among the 100 most influential psychologists of the 20th Century. He is best known for his theorizing and research on cognitive dissonance theory -- one of the most provocative and enduring theories in contemporary psychology -- and for his design of the "jigsaw…
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