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A unique and creative textbook that introduces the 'discursive turn' to a new generation of students, Social Psychology and Discourse summarizes and evaluates the current state-of-the-art in social psychology. Using the explanatory framework found in typical texts, it provides unparallel coverage on Discourse Analytic Psychology in a format that is immediately familiar to undergraduate readers. A timely overview of the breadth and depth of discourse research, ideal for undergraduates and also a great resource for postgraduate research students embarking on a discursive project No other text offers the same range of coverage - from the core topics of social cognition, attitudes, prejudice and relationships to lesser known areas such as small group phenomena Includes a host of student-friendly features such as chapter outlines, key terms, a glossary, activity questions, classic studies and further reading

Preface
Introduction
What is social psychology?
The nature of social psychology
Related disciplines
Social psychology as a science
Social psychology: Its methods and data
Qualitative data
What is discourse?
The nature of discourse
Conversation analysis (CA)
Discourse analysis (DA)
Critical discourse analysis (CDA)
Foucauldian discourse analysis (FDA)
Discursive psychology (DP)
Rhetorical psychology
Narrative analysis
Other forms of qualitative study
A note on ethics
About this book
Appendix: A note on transcription
Self and Identity
Identities in context
Conversational identities
Identities in culture
National identities
Nations and time
Nations and place
Other community identities
Social groups
Gendered identities
Masculine identities
Feminine identities
Ethnic groups
Virtual identities
Resisting identities
Selves in action
Groups
The impact of groups
Groups and social representations
Groups, self and others
Group cohesion
Group structure
Homogeneity and heterogeneity
Roles within the group
Group function
Group norms
Group tasks
Attraction and Relationships
Attraction
Achieving attraction
Sexual attraction and desire
Partnership and marriage
Marriage
Partnerships
Being single
Parenthood
Parenting in families
Parenting and society
Family relationships
Collaborative competence
Family dynamics
Caring in families
Peers and friends
Collaboration among peers
Teasing and exclusion
Troubles and breaking up
Neighbour disputes
Family and relationship troubles
Social Cognition
Knowledge of others and mental states
Knowing and mental models
Not knowing and the sequential structure of conversation
Knowing and not knowing: Beyond cognitive states
Social memory
Impression management
Attributions
Categorisation
Attitudes and Persuasion
Attitudes
Attitude and control
Constructing attitudes and evaluative practices
Persuasion
Persuasion and ideology
Mundane persuasion in everyday talk
Prejudice
Prejudice and discourse
Race
Constructing the 'other'
Managing the self
Racist talk in context
What the papers say
Sex
Sexism
Heterosexism
Dispute and Aggression
Disputes in talk
Agreeing to disagree: The usefulness of disagreement
Disagreement and dispute: Power and participant's orientations
Accounting for aggression
Aggressors' accounts
Others' accounts
Disguising aggression
Denials
Making aggression invisible
Social Psychology, Law and Order
Police investigations
Police interviews
Police calls
Lawyers in the Courtroom
The role of the lawyer in cross examination
The role of the lawyer in direct examination
Witnesses in the courtroom
Witness testimony
The 'expert' witness
The role of the judge
Treatment of offenders
Social Psychology and Health
What is health?
The ideology of health
Being ill
Health and gender
Professional expertise
Coping and support
Coping as an individual
Support groups
Professional / patient encounters
Assessments
Formulations
Diagnoses
Health behaviours and change
Health and individual behaviour
Health in the community
Social Psychology and Organisations
Talk and organizations
Institutional talk
Organisations and culture
Behaviour at work
Working relationships
Working activities
Leadership and decision-making
Employment and non-employment
Career choices
Employment difficulties
Organisations and society
Organisations and change
Dealing with clients / customers
Learning about organizations
Debates Within the Discursive Tradition
The 'external context' debate
Conversation analysis
Critical discourse analysis
External contexts
The 'membership categorization analysis' debate
Membership categorization analysis and 'sequential' conversation analysis
Membership categorization analysis and warranting claims
The 'social constructionism' debate
Covert realism
Disappearance of the person
Reflexivity
Social Psychology in the 21st Century
Arguments for research independence
Philosophical differences between discursive and experimental research
Methodological differences between discursive and experimental research
Arguments for research integration
Rethinking philosophical differences
Rethinking methodological differences
The future of social psychology
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index
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Social Psychology and Discourse

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