The Psychology of the Social [Hardcover]

Leading international social psychologists offer an integrated theory of the psychology of the social.This book brings together leading scholars from social representations, discourse analysis and related approaches to provide an integrated overview of psychology's understanding of the social. Each chapter considers a topical issue in social psychology, such as social memory, the language of racism, intelligence or the self, and links social representations theory to central social psychological concerns, including attribution, memory, and culture, as well as to developmental and educational psychology.This book brings together leading scholars from social representations, discourse analysis and related approaches to provide an integrated overview of psychology's understanding of the social. Each chapter considers a topical issue in social psychology, such as social memory, the language of racism, intelligence or the self, and links social representations theory to central social psychological concerns, including attribution, memory, and culture, as well as to developmental and educational psychology.The differences between individual and collective representations have intrigued social scientists since Durkheim. The social psychological theory of social representations has been one of the most influential theories in twentieth-century social science. The Psychology of the Social brings together leading scholars from social representations, discourse analysis, and related approaches to provide an integrated overview of contemporary psychology's understanding of social issues. The volume applies social psychology to the studies of social memory, ideology, media, and the self-concept. The contributors also demonstrate links between social psychology and developmental and educational psychology. Researchers and advanced students in the fields of social, developmental, and educational psychology, as well as sociologists, will find this to be a valuable resource.Fol£×