Bridging Social Psychology
Benefits of Transdisciplinary Approaches
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
Published:19th Jan '06
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Bridging Social Psychology illuminates the unique contribution the field of social psychology can bring to understanding major scientific and societal problems. The book focuses on illustrating the benefits and costs of bridging social psychology with other fields of psychology, including cognitive, developmental, and personality psychology, as well as other disciplines such as biology, neuroscience and economics. The editor’s hope is that the examination of these bridges will result in new theoretical, methodological, and societal benefits.
The 65 essays, written by eminent leaders in the field, demonstrate the relationship of social psychology with: (1) biology, neuroscience and cognitive science; (2) personality, emotion, and development; (3) relationship science, interaction, and health; and (4) organizational science, culture, and economics. The book also examines the key assumptions of social psychology, where the field is headed, and its unique contribution to basic theoretical and broad societal questions (e.g. promoting health in society). Section introductions tie the book together. The book concludes with an enlightening Epilogue by Walter Mischel.
This book will appeal to scholars, researchers, and advanced students in social psychology wishing to demonstrate the cross-disciplinary aspect of their research. It will also be of interest to those in neighboring fields of psychology, especially personality, organizational, health, cognitive, and developmental psychology, as well as those in neuroscience, biology, sociology, communication, economics, political science, and anthropology. The user-friendly tone makes the book accessible to those with only a basic knowledge of social psychology. The book also serves as a text for advanced courses in social psychology and/or applied psychology. A helpful table, found on the book’s Web site, indicates the cross-disciplinary applications addressed in each essay, to make it easier to assign the book in courses.
"More than 60 leading personality and social psychologists contributed chapters on the bridges they are building to related sub-disciplines and other fields. A dizzying array of bridges is connecting social-personality psychology to many areas of psychological science and other fields. The bridges go in all directions. They're connecting to cognitive science, biology, neuroscience, motivation, emotion, development, speech science, health and behavioral medicine, economics, political science, culture, and more."
—APS Observer
"...a wonderful collection of 65 chapters, most of them short and to the point, and a reflective epilogue....Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals."
—CHOICE
"This powerful volume is not about the Brooklyn Bridge, long a favorite of scammers and gagsters, but it is about bridges. Bridges are Van Lange's metaphor for the transdisciplinary modification of social psychology....a revolutionary social psychology volume....will have a huge impact on the readership."
—PsycCRITIQUES
"The bridging of social psychology...demonstrates the vitality of the field... The list of contributors is mind-bogglingly impressive… an unusual and innovative contribution."
—Laura King, Ph.D.
University of Missouri/Columbia
"The list of scholars is very impressive, the tops in the field."
—Eric Knowles, Ph.D.
University of Arkansas
"More than 60 leading personality and social psychologists contributed chapters on the bridges they are building to related sub-disciplines and other fields. A dizzying array of bridges is connecting social-personality psychology to many areas of psychological science and other fields. The bridges go in all directions. They're connecting to cognitive science, biology, neuroscience, motivation, emotion, development, speech science, health and behavioral medicine, economics, political science, culture, and more."
—APS Observer
"...a wonderful collection of 65 chapters, most of them short and to the point, and a reflective epilogue....Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals."
—CHOICE
"This powerful volume is not about the Brooklyn Bridge, long a favorite of scammers and gagsters, but it is about bridges. Bridges are Van Lange's metaphor for the transdisciplinary modification of social psychology....a revolutionary social psychology volume....will have a huge impact on the readership."
—PsycCRITIQUES
"The bridging of social psychology...demonstrates the vitality of the field... The list of contributors is mind-bogglingly impressive… an unusual and innovative contribution."
—Laura King, Ph.D.
University of Missouri/Columbia
"The list of scholars is very impressive, the tops in the field."
—Eric Knowles, Ph.D.
University of Arkansas
ISBN: 9780805850956
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 950g
512 pages