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Theory and Social Psychology Roger Sapsford

Theory and Social Psychology By Roger Sapsford

Theory and Social Psychology by Roger Sapsford


Summary

This work brings together the range of theoretical issues which underpin social psychology together with social experience. Topics focused on include psychology and science and and the social and political uses and abuses of social psychology.

Theory and Social Psychology Summary

Theory and Social Psychology by Roger Sapsford

`Could certainly be used as a stand-alone text. Aimed primarily at advanced undergraduates, it could also be read by others who may be prompted to identify yet further dimensions with which to map contemporary social psychology and define their position in relation to others' - The Psychologist

This clearly structured textbook presents a broad overview of the key issues that underpin social psychology. These include: the nature of science and `psychology as science'; descriptive, emancipatory and critical theories; and the different ways in which social psychology is applied in the social and political world.

Drawing upon a number of different perspectives, this volume will introduce students to the important debates around what constitutes valid argument and research in social psychology, its aims, scope and subject matter, and the degree to which social psychology can be said to be itself a social institution and a part of the network of social regulation and definition.

Theory and Social Psychology is one of four books which form the core of The Open University's course Social Psychology: Personal Lives, Social Worlds.

Theory and Social Psychology Reviews

`Could certainly be used as a stand-alone text. Aimed primarily at advanced undergraduates, it could also be read by others who may be prompted to identify yet further dimensions with which to map contemporary social psychology and define their position in relation to others' - The Psychologist

About Roger Sapsford

Roger Sapsford is Reader in Social Research at the University of Teesside. Margaret Wetherell is Professor of Social Psychology at the Open University, UK and Director of the Economic and Social Research Council Programme on Identities and Social Action.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: NATURE AND ORIGINS Defining Social Psychology - Margaret Wetherell Historical Origins of Social Psychology - Arthur Still PART TWO: MAKING SENSE OF DIVERSITY Dimensions for Distinguishing between Theories in Social Psychology - Richard Stevens Domains of Analysis - Roger Sapsford Trimodal Theory as a Model for Interrelating Perspectives in Psychology - Richard Stevens Theories of Meaning - Arthur Still Realism and Relativism - Margaret Wetherell and Arthur Still Forms of Life - David Devalle Science and Social Psychology Evidence - Roger Sapsford PART THREE: APPLYING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Using Social Psychology - Jeannette Murphy Resisting Social Psychology - Roger Sapsford and Rudi Dallos

Additional information

NGR9780761958390
9780761958390
0761958398
Theory and Social Psychology by Roger Sapsford
New
Paperback
SAGE Publications Inc
1998-03-06
224
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