Social Psychology Arena

Rediscovering Social Identity

• Edited by Tom Postmes, and Nyla R. Branscombe.

Published May 2010

This reader brings together the founding texts of the "Social Identity Approach"—a set of concepts, ideas, and principles contained in Social Identity Theory and Self-Categorization Theory. This approach originated in social psychology and is increasingly part of the standard curriculum in…
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Cultural Issues in Psychology

A Student's Handbook

• By Andrew Stevenson.

Published October 2009

Does our cultural background influence the way we think and feel about ourselves and others? Does our culture affect how we choose our partners, how we define intelligence and abnormality and how we bring up our children? Psychologists have long pondered the relationship between culture and a range…
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Narratives of Identity and Place

• By Stephanie Taylor.

Published October 2009

Changes of residence are common in contemporary Western societies. Traditional connections to birthplaces, home towns and countries are broken as people relocate and migrate, yet where they live remains significant to people’s identity and stories of who they are. This book investigates the…
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Handbook of the Uncertain Self

• Edited by Robert M. Arkin, Kathryn C. Oleson and Patrick J. Carroll.

Published September 2009

This Handbook explores the cognitive, motivational, interpersonal, clinical, and applied aspects of personal uncertainty. It showcases both the diversity and the unity that defines contemporary perspectives on uncertainty in self within social and personality psychology. The contributions to the…
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Intergroup Relations

The Role of Motivation and Emotion

• Edited by Sabine Otten, Kai Sassenberg and Thomas Kessler.

Published June 2009

This volume gives a survey of the most recent developments and trends in intergroup research. Diverging from classical approaches that looked at diverse needs and motives (positive distinctiveness, belongingness, etc), the present book focuses not only on the question what motivates…
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Exploring Positive Identities and Organizations

Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation

• Edited by Laura Morgan Roberts, and Jane E. Dutton.

Published May 2009

In the new world of work and organizations, creating and maintaining a positive identity is consequential and challenging for individuals, for groups and for organizations. New challenges for positive identity construction and maintenance require new theory. This edited volume uncovers new topics…
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Psychology of Self-Regulation

Cognitive, Affective, and Motivational Processes

• Edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Roy F. Baumeister and Dianne M. Tice.

Published May 2009

The ability to regulate and control our behaviors is a key accomplishment of the human species, yet the psychological mechanisms involved in self-regulation remain incompletely understood. This book presents contributions from leading international researchers who survey the most recent…
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Two Sides to Every Self-Process: The Pros and Cons

A Special Issue of Self and Identity

• Edited by Virginia S. Y. Kwan, and Lowell Gaertner.

Published May 2009

Reflecting the importance of the self in optimal functioning, a vast literature on the value of different self-processes is accumulating. Individual research reports, however, frequently present a one-sided view, focusing either on the benefits or the liabilities of the self-process under study. A…
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Sigmund Freud

• By Pamela Thurschwell.

Published April 2009

The work of Sigmund Freud has penetrated almost every area of literary theory and cultural studies, as well as contemporary culture. Pamela Thurschwell explains and contextualises psychoanalytic theory and its meaning for modern thinking. This updated second edition explores developments and…
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Self-Identity and Everyday Life

• By Harvie Ferguson.

Published April 2009

'Identity' and 'selfhood' are terms routinely used throughout the human sciences that seek to analyze and describe the character of everyday life and experience. Yet these terms are seldom defined or used with any precision, and scant regard is paid to the historical and cultural context in which…
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