Applying Social Psychology to Understanding Social Problems

2013 ◽  
pp. 337-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. C. Ruiter ◽  
Karlijn Massar ◽  
Mark van Vugt ◽  
Gerjo Kok
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Problems

The Oxford Handbook of Social Psychology and Social Justice

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Real World ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
First Century ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Massive Scale ◽  
Twenty First Century

The twentieth century witnessed not only the devastation of war, conflict, and injustice on a massive scale, but also the emergence of social psychology as a discipline committed to addressing these and other social problems. In the twenty-first century, the promise of social psychology remains incomplete. We witness the reprise of authoritarianism and the endurance of institutionalized forms of oppression such as sexism, racism, and heterosexism across the globe. This volume represents an audacious proposal to reorient social psychology toward the study of social injustice in real-world settings. Contributors cross borders between cultures and disciplines to highlight new and emerging critical paradigms that interrogate the consequences of social injustice. United in their belief in the possibility of liberation from oppression, the authors of this book offer a blueprint for a new kind of social psychology.

Chapter 23 - Social Psychology and Social Problems

1974 ◽  
pp. 129-132
Author(s):  
Michael S. Gazzaniga ◽  
Richard Koppenaal ◽  
Barbara Freitas
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Problems

Reviews of the Literature

1954 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 40-40
Author(s):  
Elihu Katz
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Systematic Theory ◽  
Level Of Abstraction

This book seems to be a wholly laudable attempt to make the connection between a set of "social problems" and the modestly accumulating body of theory and research in sociology and social psychology. The authors direct our attention to the various problems of intergroup relations—prejudice, war, industrial strife, etc.—and propose that the contributions of social scientists to their understanding and solution will not come from ad hoc action programs or off-the-cuff research, but from translations into and out of the language, the concepts, and the findings of systematic theory and research. In other words, they argue in favor of treating the problems of intergroup relations on a slightly higher level of abstraction, and within a more organized framework than is usually the case.

On the history of political diversity in social psychology

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin R. Binning ◽  
David O. Sears
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Racial Diversity ◽  
Large Shift ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ethnic And Racial Diversity ◽  
Liberal Perspective ◽  
Science Disciplines

AbstractWe argue that the history of political diversity in social psychology may be better characterized by stability than by a large shift toward liberalism. The branch of social psychology that focuses on political issues has defined social problems from a liberal perspective since at least the 1930s. Although a lack of ideological diversity within the discipline can pose many of the problems noted by Duarte et al., we suggest that these problems (a) are less apparent when the insights of social psychology are pitted against the insights from other social science disciplines, and (b) are less pressing than the need for other types of diversity in the field, especially ethnic and racial diversity.

Social Logistics: а Tool for Social Problems Solving

Upravlenie ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-67
Author(s):  
Филиппов ◽  
E. Filippov
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Effective Functioning ◽  
Public Nature

Social, socio-economic, socio-mechanistic systems and social processes, and problems formulated by them as a new area of practical application for rules, principles and laws formed in classical logistics’ as the science branch have been considered in this paper. The existence of social and public nature problems, manageable with the use of logistics has been shown. Social logistics application examples have been given. A concept of social logistics as a set of actions that ensures the effective functioning of social systems (as a complex of social phenomena, processes, entities) with logistics principles application has been introduced. A distinction between the concepts of social and socially-oriented logistics has been given. A foundation for scientific research at the intersection of logistics, sociology and social psychology, where logistics is a tool for solving problems formulated by social interaction, has been laid. Problems and issues requiring further study and research have been specified.

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