Since the 1980s, new developments in Western social psychology

Author: Yue Guo'an
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: New Series of Applied Psychology in the 21st Century. This book is based on the completion of the National Social Science Research Planning Project "Research on New Developments in Western Social Psychology Since the 1980s" and is designed to meet the teaching needs of social psychology courses in universities and colleges across the country. As a companion to "Advances in Chinese Social Psychology Research," this book systematically introduces and evaluates the new research achievements of Western social psychology since the 1980s from three aspects: fundamental theoretical research, specific issue research, and applied social psychology research. The content of the book includes: the impact of postmodernism on social psychology, the impact of schema theory on social psychology, the impact of chaos theory on social psychology, new developments in social cognition research, and new developments in social attitude research. At the end of the book, in the form of an "Appendix," it introduces "The American Personality and Social Psychology Association and Its 2001 Academic Conference" as well as "Reflections on the Institutional Construction of Social Psychology in China." The book features fresh and abundant materials, concise and insightful analyses, making it suitable as a teaching reference book and meeting the research needs of relevant experts and scholars.