Bücher der Reihe Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology

This volume makes a case for the pivotal role of social psychology as the core discipline for studying morality through the cutting-edge work of the world's leading researchers in the field. It examines the social psychological processes in moral values and judgments, and analyzes the role of morality in interpersonal processes and group behavior. It provides a rich resource for students and researchers in the social and behavioral sciences concerned with moral behavior, and professionals and practitioners in clinical, counselling, organizational, marketing, and educational psychology where issues of ethics and morality are of importance.

With contributions from internationally renowned researchers, this edited volume brings together the latest research in understanding the nature, origins and evolution of human sociability. It is ideal for students and researchers in all areas of the social sciences, as well as practitioners and applied professionals.

With contributions from internationally renowned researchers, this edited volume brings together the latest research in understanding the nature, origins and evolution of human sociability. It is ideal for students and researchers in all areas of the social sciences, as well as practitioners and applied professionals.

The recent rise of populist politics represent a major challenge for liberal democracies. This important book explores the psychological reasons for the rise of populism, featuring contributions from leading international researchers in the fields of psychology and political science.

The recent rise of populist politics represent a major challenge for liberal democracies. This important book explores the psychological reasons for the rise of populism, featuring contributions from leading international researchers in the fields of psychology and political science.

In The Social Psychology of Gullibility, Forgas and Baumeister explore what we know about the causes, functions, and consequences of gullibility, and the social psychological processes that promote or inhibit it.

This book surveys ground-breaking work by leading international researchers, demonstrating that social psychology is the core discipline for understanding well-being and the search for meaning.

This book surveys ground-breaking work by leading international researchers, demonstrating that social psychology is the core discipline for understanding well-being and the search for meaning.

This book reviews some of the most recent advances in research exploring the links between how people think and behave in interpersonal situations. This cutting-edge volume will interest those in the social and behavioral sciences, clinical and counseling psychology, and sociology, communication studies, and social work.

Attitudes are central to understanding human beings' unique ability to create elaborate predispositions and evaluations based on their social experiences. This volume reviews cutting-edge research on attitudes by leading scholars and is essential reading for social psychologists, and practitioners in clinical, counseling, organizational, marketing, forensic, and developmental psychology.

In The Social Psychology of Gullibility, Forgas and Baumeister explore what we know about the causes, functions, and consequences of gullibility, and the social psychological processes that promote or inhibit it.

This volume makes a case for the pivotal role of social psychology as the core discipline for studying morality through the cutting-edge work of the world's leading researchers in the field. It examines the social psychological processes in moral values and judgments, and analyzes the role of morality in interpersonal processes and group behavior. It provides a rich resource for students and researchers in the social and behavioral sciences concerned with moral behavior, and professionals and practitioners in clinical, counselling, organizational, marketing, and educational psychology where issues of ethics and morality are of importance.

Understanding how people initiate, develop, maintain, and terminate relationships is a core issue in psychology, and the subject matter of this book. The contributors explore and integrate the subtle influence that evolutionary, socio-cultural, and intra-psychic (cognitive, affective and motivational) variables play in relationship processes.

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Understanding how humans manage power and govern themselves is one of the key issues in social psychology. This volume, written by many of the field's most influential researchers, surveys the latest theoretical and empirical work on the social psychology of politics. It integrates the role of cognitive, affective, social and cultural influences on political perception and behavior, offering a fresh overview of the psychological mechanisms underlying political processes. It provides essential reading for teachers, students, researchers and practitioners in areas related to power, social influence and political behavior.

Understanding how humans manage power and govern themselves is one of the key issues in social psychology. This volume, written by many of the field's most influential researchers, surveys the latest theoretical and empirical work on the social psychology of politics. It integrates the role of cognitive, affective, social and cultural influences on political perception and behavior, offering a fresh overview of the psychological mechanisms underlying political processes. It provides essential reading for teachers, students, researchers and practitioners in areas related to power, social influence and political behavior.

This book surveys the most recent psychological research on how motivational processes are regulated in daily life to achieve desired outcomes.Contributors are all leading international investigators, who examine key issues about motivation, including self-control, the role of affect and cognition, conscious and unconscious processes, physiology, aggression, perception and attention, and social, cultural and interpersonal effects. It may be used on courses in motivational science, and will also be of interest to students and professionals in clinical, counseling, educational, organizational, marketing and industrial psychology.

Surveying advances in research of the self, this title discusses: the influence of cognitive and intra-psychic processes; interpersonal and relational variables; and inter-group phenomena on the self. The integrated and comprehensive coverage should be suitable as a reference work to all those concerned with the social and behavioural sciences.

This book explores what social psychology can contribute to our understanding of real-life problems and how it can inform rational interventions in any area of social life. By reviewing some of the most recent achievements in applying social psychology to pressing contemporary problems, the editors convey a fundamentally optimistic message.