Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

by James M. Olson (Editor)

Overview

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Volume 59, the latest release in this highly cited series in the field, contains contributions of major empirical and theoretical interest that represent the best and brightest in new research, theory and practice in social psychology. This serial is part of the Social Sciences package on Science Direct, and is available online beginning with Volume 31. Topics in this updated release include Women and Men, Moms and Dads: Leveraging Social Role Change to Promote Gender Equality, The Dynamics of Belonging Regulation, and Inter-object and Inter-individual Differences in Attitude Content, amongst other interesting topics.

• Provides one of the most cited series in the field of experimental social psychology
• Contains contributions of major empirical and theoretical interest
• Represents the best and brightest in new research, theory and practice in social psychology

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128171684
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	02/20/2019
Series:	ISSN , #59
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Dr. James Olson obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Waterloo and has been a faculty member at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, since 1978. He served as Chair of the Psychology Department from 1998 to 2003. He has conducted research on many topics, including attitudes, justice, social cognition, and humor. He has published more than 100 articles and chapters and has co-edited 15 books. He is a co-organizer of the Ontario Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology, a well-known series of conferences on various topics in personality and social psychology. He has served as an Associate Editor of three scientific journals, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology from 1995 to 1998. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

Table of Contents

1. Women and men, moms and dads: Leveraging social role change to promote gender equality Bernadette Park and Sarah Banchefsky 2. Inter-individual differences in attitude content: Cognition, affect, and attitudes Geoffrey Haddock and Gregory R. Maio 3. Anger and its consequences for judgment and behavior: Recent developments in social and political psychology Alan Lambert, Fade Eadeh and Emily Hanson 4. Cultural inertia, identity, and intergroup dynamics in a changing context Michael A. Zárate, Christine Reyna and Miriam Alvarez

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Represents the best and brightest in new research, theory and practice in the area of experimental social psychology

Editorial Reviews

Papers describe recent research in experimental social psychology in detail. Topics include regulatory focus as a motivational principle, authoritarian personalities, the significance of age in social judgements, the perception of social consensus, prejudice and stereotyping in everyday communication, and specific outcome expectancies and self-regulation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

Praise for the Series: "For the past two decades, the series has served a special function for social psychology—one that has not been filled as well by any other single publication. The articles are more focused than handbook chapters and less cursory than annual review chapters." —Contemporary Psychology

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