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Targets of Violence and Aggression

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 76
  • January 15, 1991
  • R. Baenninger
  • English
  • eBook
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The chapters in this volume have been written by authors whose research work emphasizes the aggression-eliciting characteristics of people and other animals, the traits that make them targets of aggressive behavior. The clear focus of the book is on aggression by humans, although some of the authors may refer to data from other species. Chapters include aggression and violence towards other species, sexual minorities, psychiatric workers, school children, athletes, women, and drivers on highways. There are additional targets of aggressive behavior which have not been included because they are not emphasised in the research literature of psychology. Since the major concern of psychological science is with the behavior of individuals rather than groups, topics such as racial violence, warfare, and political violence have been specifically excluded.

Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 1
  • December 28, 1990
  • John Paul Robinson + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
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This volume is sponsored by Division 9 of the American Psychological Association: The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.****This is an essential reference book for any social scientist or student who uses measuresof attitude or personality in his or her research. The earlier version, published twenty years ago, was to be found on the shelf of virtually everyone who worked in the field.

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 23
  • March 20, 1990
  • Mark P. Zanna
  • English
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Each volume in Advances in Experimental Social Psychology contains an index, and each chapter includes references.

Progress in Reversal Theory

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 51
  • April 1, 1988
  • M.J. Apter + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
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Reversal Theory is a new general theory of motivation, emotion, personality, psychopathology and stress which challenges previous ideas in these fields and sets up an unusually broad and integrative conceptual framework of its own. The papers in the six sections which make up this volume are concerned with: - developing the theory itself - looking at different research areas, or psychological problems, from the perspective of reversal theory - describing empirical studies of different kinds aimed at testing ideas drawn from the theory.

Personality in Search of Individuality

  • 1st Edition
  • March 28, 1988
  • Nathan Brody
  • English
  • eBook
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In this, his fourth book published by Academic Press, the author pursues current theories in the expansive field of personality research. Presenting a unique perspective on recent developments in the field, the emphasis is on empirical research. Topics discussed include stability and change in traits, the behavior genetics of traits, a review and defense of trait theory, and a comprehensive review of research on the unconscious.

Blind Alleys in Social Psychology

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 48
  • January 1, 1988
  • A. Eskola + 4 more
  • English
  • eBook
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Real advances are not made in blind alleys (or culs-de-sac). In Social Psychology, as in every branch of science, the paths which appear to offer progress do not always result in theoretical elegance. Certain basic problems persistently defy final solution.This volume surveys the foundations and methods of Social Psychology with the aim of identifying ways out of the research maze. It examines the history and traditions of the field, looks at methodology and conceptual schemes, and discusses the actual research methods used.

Attachment in Social Networks

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 44
  • February 1, 1987
  • L.W.C. Tavecchio + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
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The main objective of the research presented in this book is to broaden the scope of attachment theory by stressing the importance of a social network approach to the study of attachment.This approach forms the integrating theme of this volume, as is testified by various studies of attachment as it develops in an "extended" rearing context over and beyond the limits of the traditional mother-child dyad. In this connection attention is paid to the importance of sibling relationships, attachment relationships with professional caregivers, the role of the father in caring and rearing young children, and the (short-term and long-term) effects on attachment quality of maternal employment in infancy. Also, the cross-cultural validity of Ainsworth's Strange Situation is discussed, with reference to the USA, Sweden, Israel, Japan, The Netherlands, etc. In adopting a social network approach, the attachment theory proves to be a particularly useful instrument for reflecting on the consequence of social change (maternal employment, symmetrical families, socialisation of childrearing) for child development.

Handbook of Social Skills Training

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 2
  • December 17, 1986
  • P. Trower + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
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In this volume the application of the social skills training (SST) model to specific clinical conditions is discussed. Its uses with schizophrenia, social anxiety, depression, mental handicap, and substance abuse are reviewed in depth and practical recommendations for the future are given. Advances in social psychology and linguistics have implications for the future development of SST and their contributions to the field are presented in the final section.

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