Critical Social Psychology An Introduction

by Gough, Brendan; McFadden, Majella; McDonald, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9780230303850
• ISBN10: 0230303854
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Critical Social Psychology introduces students, in a straightforward, practical and accessible way, to key themes and debates arising from this fast-growing - and often complex - field. The authors contrast mainstream experimental and critical understandings of social psychological topics, and place the criticism and theory in a societal context.

Author Biography

BRENDAN GOUGH is Professor of Applied Social Psychology at Nottingham Trent University and also Chair of the Research Committee in the Division of Psychology. He has previously held Lecturer posts at Leeds University and Sheffield Hallam University. He is a qualitative researcher interested in gender issues, especially concerning men and masculinities.

MAJELLA McFADDEN is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University where teaches Critical Social Psychology. Her research is on female sexualities and includes project work with young women.
 
MATTHEW McDONALD is Lecturer at the University of Technology, Sydney and has also worked at Roehampton University, London, and Goldsmiths College, University of London. He has taught and supervised undergraduate and postgraduate students on courses including social psychology, the social psychology of work and leisure, personality, abnormal psychology, history and philosophy of psychology, positive psychology and qualitative research methods.

Table of Contents

PART 1: INTRODUCING CRITICAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Critical Social Psychology: An Introduction
A Critical Look at Cognitive-Experimental Social Psychology
Doing Critical Social Psychology
PART 2: CLASSIC SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY TOPICS REVISITED
Social Influence
Prejudice in Practice
PART 3: SELF IN SOCIETY
Self, identity, subjectivity
Gendered and Sexual Identities
PART 4: CRITICAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY APPLIED
Critical Health Psychology
Critical Work PsychologyReflections on Critical Social Psychology