Theory and Social Psychology
Roger (Ed) Sapsford
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Description for Theory and Social Psychology
Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Sapsford, Roger; Still, Arthur; Miell, Dorothy E.; Stevens, Richard; Wetherell, Margaret. Series: Published in Association with The Open University. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMA; JMH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 189 x 12. Weight in Grams: 409.
`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
`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.
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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.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Published in Association with The Open University
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN
9780761958390
SKU
V9780761958390
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About Roger (Ed) 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.
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`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