Год выпуска: 2001 Автор: Colin Fraser Издательство: Страниц: 544 ISBN: 9780745610931
Описание
This book offers an accessible and broadly conceived introduction to social psychology. Written in a lucid and lively style, it assumes no prior knowledge of the field, and is the ideal textbook to get students thinking about the subject. The volume covers the main issues of social psychology – as well as many classic studies – such as self and personality, interpersonal relations, language and communication, altruism and aggression, group processes, attitudes, and intergroup relations. What sets this book apart is its coverage of less orthodox topics which are often neglected in introductions of this kind. These areas include emotions, social and moral development, social representations, health and illness, employment and unemployment, and the implications of these fields for social policy. The result is an unusually rich and wide–ranging presentation of social psychology, drawing together a deliberately varied range of methodology and theory. The currently dominant...
