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In the early 1980s we witnessed the birth of one of the most
complex and perplexing social problems faced by modern society: the
epidemic of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Originally
published in 1993 this title looks at the social psychology
surrounding HIV and AIDS. The organization of the volume centres
upon two themes: The Theoretical Roots of Prevention and The
Dilemma of the PWA (person with AIDS). The goal of this volume is
not to evaluate previous attempts to answer these social problems,
but to provide theoretical analyses of some of the basic
sociopsychological processes that underlie the problems. Over 20
years on this is a snapshot of research into HIV and AIDS and
attitudes of the time looking at social problems that are very much
still with us.
In the early 1980s we witnessed the birth of one of the most
complex and perplexing social problems faced by modern society: the
epidemic of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Originally
published in 1993 this title looks at the social psychology
surrounding HIV and AIDS. The organization of the volume centres
upon two themes: The Theoretical Roots of Prevention and The
Dilemma of the PWA (person with AIDS). The goal of this volume is
not to evaluate previous attempts to answer these social problems,
but to provide theoretical analyses of some of the basic
sociopsychological processes that underlie the problems. Over 20
years on this is a snapshot of research into HIV and AIDS and
attitudes of the time looking at social problems that are very much
still with us.
The year 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication Erving
Goffman's landmark work, Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled
Identity. Through this edited volume, we commemorate the continuing
contribution of Goffman's work on stigma to social psychology. As
Goffman originally used the term, stigma implies some sort of
negative deviance, or in his words, 'an undesired differentness
from what we had anticipated.' Since Goffman's pioneering treatise,
there have been thousands of articles published on different
aspects of stigma. The accelerating volume of articles is testimony
to the growing importance of stigma research, with almost three out
of four of the stigma-related publications in the research
literature appearing in the last 10 years. In this volume, a
collection of up-and-coming and seasoned stigma researchers provide
both theoretical insights and new empirical findings. The volume
should be of interest to both established researchers and advanced
students seeking to learn more about the depth and breadth of
stigma research. This book was originally published as a special
issue of Basic and Applied Social Psychology.
One of the more promising recent developments in the study of
social cognition has been the cross-pollination of ideas from the
fields of developmental and social psychology. Many social
psychologists have come to the conclusion that a complete account
of social cognitive phenomena must include not (l 1ly detailed
analyses of those processes in their adult form but also an
understanding of their origins and development in children.
Likewise, in the last ten years psychologists involved in social
developmental research have shown an increasing interest in
theories and research generated in the adult social cognition
literature. Surely among the more important cognitive phenomena to
be studied in social development are those that are related to
psychological processes in later life. This approaching integration
of adult and developmental social psychology is long overdue and
promises benefits to research in both disciplines. The goal of this
volume is to move the fields toward this synthesis. For this
reason, we have put together a collection of original essays by
authors who are among the more prominent new researchers in this
movement. In selecting topics we have tried to cover areas of
recent social cognition research that are of interest to both
developmental and adult social psychologists. This volume is
divided into three general sections: (1) Attribution and Social
Judgment, (2) Moral Development and a Sense of Self, and (3) Social
Influences on Cognitive Development.
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