
Groups and Individuals
Explanations in Social Psychology
Willem Doise(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 27. July 1978
Book
Paperback/Softback
244 pages
978-0-521-29320-4 (ISBN)
Description
Relations between groups of people are determined both by the attitudes and behaviour patterns of the individuals who constitute these groups, and by their social, economic, political and ideological background. Intergroup relations are therefore open to both psychological and sociological explanations, and the study of intergroup relations represents a way in which these two levels of explanation, which so often fail to take account of each other, may be integrated. This is the thesis advanced here by Willem Doise. Professor Doise discusses psychological explanations of social stereotypes and prejudices by examining specific clinical psychologists and then approaches these phenomena sociologically. He also describes the psychological process of category differentiation and its role in intergroup relations. This book, first published in 1978, will be of particular interest to social psychologists, and to all social scientists interested in the problem of integrating psychological and sociological explanation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
350 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-29320-4 (9780521293204)
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Content
Foreword to the English edition; Preface Serge Moscovici; Part I. The Integration of Psychology and Sociology: 1. The psychological approach; 2. The sociological approach; 3. The social psychological aprroach; Part II. Intergroup Relations and Category Differentiation: 1. Experiments on intergroup relations; 2. Category differentiation; 3. Recent experimental support; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgements.