The social psychology of everyday life
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The social psychology of everyday life
Routledge, 1992
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780415010719
Description
In "The Social Psychology of Everyday Life" Michael Argyle concentrates on real-life settings and emphasizes the practical applications of what psychology is able to tell us. He provides a review of what is known about some of the most interesting and important areas of social psychology, embracing biological, historical, psychological and sociological factors.
Table of Contents
- Conversation
- social relationships
- work
- leisure
- religious beliefs, behaviour and experience
- aggression and conflict between groups
- social class
- health
- mental health
- happiness.
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780415010726
Description
Is psychology good for our health? What is the effect of class on social behaviour? In this comprehensive and fully up-to-date accoung of the psychology of everyday life, Michael Argyle looks at the most interesting and practically important areas of social psychology. He takes social psychology out of the laboratory into real-life settings and helps us to understand the world in which we live. He covers many of the pressing concerns of the day - conflict and aggression, racial prejudice, social class, relationships, health, happiness - and emphasisies the practical applications of social psychology.
Table of Contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Conversation
- 3: Social Relationships
- 4: Work
- 5: Leisure
- 6: Religious Beliefs, Behaviour and Experience
- 7: Aggression and Conflict Between Groups
- 8: Social Class
- 9: Health
- 10: Mental Health
- 11: Happiness
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