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How do we, as human beings, come to understand ourselves and others
around us? This question could not be more timely or pertinent to
the issues facing humankind today. At the heart of many of our
world's most troubling political and social problems lies a
divergence, and sometimes a sharp contradiction, in perspectives
between nations and cultural groups. To find potential solutions to
these seemingly intractable divides, we must come to understand
what both facilitates and hinders a meaningful exchange of
fundamental ideas and beliefs between different cultural groups.
The discussions in this book aim to provide a better understanding
of how we come to know ourselves and others. Bringing together a
number of cutting edge researchers and practitioners in psychology
and related fields, this diverse collection of thirteen papers
draws on psychology, sociology, philosophy, linguistics,
communications, and anthropology to explore how human beings
effectively come to understand and interact with others. This
volume is organised in three main sections to explore some of the
key conceptual issues, discuss the cognitive processes involved in
intersubjectivity and interobjectivity, and examine human relations
at the level of collective processes. Understanding the Self and
Others will appeal to students and scholars of sociology,
developmental psychology, philosophy, communication studies,
anthropology, identity studies, social and cultural theory, and
linguistics.
Methods of Psychological Intervention provides a rich collection of
chapters that provide an invaluable resource to scholars,
researchers and practitioners in psychology. Psychological
interventions are becoming increasingly popular in contemporary
societies. This volume is intended to help psychologists and other
professionals understand how general psychological knowledge can
serve to guide local and particular interventions. The present
volume helps bridge the gap between general knowledge in the
psychological sciences and particular instances of human behavior
as it takes place in everyday life. The volume forms part of the
series Yearbook of Idiographic Science. Authors draw on principles
of idiographic science to formulate interventions applicable to a
broad diversity of settings and institutions, such as educational
settings, organizations, and medical settings. It similarly deals
with various psychological behaviours targeted for intervention,
such as gambling, family therapy, and crime. The volume will be of
interest to scholars, researchers and practitioners working in the
fields of psychology, social work, counseling, family therapy,
education, organizational behavior & criminal justice.
Methods of Psychological Intervention provides a rich collection of
chapters that provide an invaluable resource to scholars,
researchers and practitioners in psychology. Psychological
interventions are becoming increasingly popular in contemporary
societies. This volume is intended to help psychologists and other
professionals understand how general psychological knowledge can
serve to guide local and particular interventions. The present
volume helps bridge the gap between general knowledge in the
psychological sciences and particular instances of human behavior
as it takes place in everyday life. The volume forms part of the
series Yearbook of Idiographic Science. Authors draw on principles
of idiographic science to formulate interventions applicable to a
broad diversity of settings and institutions, such as educational
settings, organizations, and medical settings. It similarly deals
with various psychological behaviours targeted for intervention,
such as gambling, family therapy, and crime. The volume will be of
interest to scholars, researchers and practitioners working in the
fields of psychology, social work, counseling, family therapy,
education, organizational behavior & criminal justice.
In January 2006, a documentary entitled 'The Root of all Evil?' was
presented by Prof. Richard Dawkins on British television. In this
documentary, Dawkins advanced a number of arguments against
religion and in favour of atheism. This book reports a study that
looked at the introduction of Dawkins' ideas and their circulation
in the British public, through argumentation analyses of the
documentary and articles which appeared in the British press.
Subsequent interviews undertaken with people who expressed a belief
in a supernatural faith and others who did not revealed two
prevailing representations: that of religion as good, and that of
religion as evil. Further study revealed that religion, science,
and morality can be represented along three distinct continua. The
book dispels the idea of a single continuum along which religion
and science are organised; it demonstrates the complexity of the
representations in circulation and it highlights the relevance of
the study of belief systems for understanding social behaviour.
A social representations approach offers an empirical utility for
addressing myriad social concerns such as social order, ecological
sustainability, national identity, racism, religious communities,
the public understanding of science, health and social marketing.
The core aspects of social representations theory have been debated
over many years and some still remain widely misunderstood. This
Handbook provides an overview of these core aspects and brings
together theoretical strands and developments in the theory, some
of which have become pillars in the social sciences in their own
right. Academics and students in the social sciences working with
concepts and methods such as social identity, discursive
psychology, positioning theory, semiotics, attitudes, risk
perception and social values will find this an invaluable resource.
This volume brings together the full range of modalities of social
influence - from crowding, leadership, and norm formation to
resistance and mass mediation - to set out a challenge-and-response
'cyclone' model. The authors use real-world examples to ground this
model and review each modality of social influence in depth. A
'periodic table of social influence' is constructed that
characterises and compares exercises of influence in practical
terms. The wider implications of social influence are considered,
such as how each exercise of a single modality stimulates responses
from other modalities and how any everyday process is likely to
arise from a mix of influences. The book demonstrates that
different modalities of social influence are tactics that defend,
question, and develop 'common sense' over time and offers advice to
those studying in political and social movements, social change,
and management.
This volume brings together the full range of modalities of social
influence - from crowding, leadership, and norm formation to
resistance and mass mediation - to set out a challenge-and-response
'cyclone' model. The authors use real-world examples to ground this
model and review each modality of social influence in depth. A
'periodic table of social influence' is constructed that
characterises and compares exercises of influence in practical
terms. The wider implications of social influence are considered,
such as how each exercise of a single modality stimulates responses
from other modalities and how any everyday process is likely to
arise from a mix of influences. The book demonstrates that
different modalities of social influence are tactics that defend,
question, and develop 'common sense' over time and offers advice to
those studying in political and social movements, social change,
and management.
A social representations approach offers an empirical utility for
addressing myriad social concerns such as social order, ecological
sustainability, national identity, racism, religious communities,
the public understanding of science, health and social marketing.
The core aspects of social representations theory have been debated
over many years and some still remain widely misunderstood. This
Handbook provides an overview of these core aspects and brings
together theoretical strands and developments in the theory, some
of which have become pillars in the social sciences in their own
right. Academics and students in the social sciences working with
concepts and methods such as social identity, discursive
psychology, positioning theory, semiotics, attitudes, risk
perception and social values will find this an invaluable resource.
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