Trends in the Social Psychological Study of Justice

2003 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 282-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda J. Skitka ◽  
Faye J. Crosby
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Moral Emotion ◽  
Social Cooperation ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Psychological Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Psychological Models ◽  
Psychology Review

Justice is one of the most basic and potentially important social psychological areas of inquiry. The assumption that others will be fair is what makes social cooperation possible. This article provides a brief review of trends, both historical and current, n the social psychological study of justice, and provides an introduction for a special issue of Personality and Social Psychology Review devoted to social psychological theorizing and research on the role that justice plays in human affairs. This overview highlights some exciting new directions in justice theorizing and research, including new uses of identity's ties to justice reasoning, increased attention to negative justice and moral emotion, as well as a greater emphasis on integrative and contingent, rather than competing, social psychological models of justice.

scholarly journals Culture meets collective action: Exciting synergies and some lessons to learn for the future

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martijn van Zomeren ◽  
Winnifred R. Louis
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Psychological Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Rich

In this introduction to the special issue of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations on “Culture and Collective Action” we emphasize the importance of the special issue topic for the development of the field. Specifically, we highlight the globalization of collective action and the internationalization of the social-psychological study of collective action, both of which point to culture as a missing link for this field. We thus propose that the next step is to move toward a proper cultural psychology of collective action—a social psychology in which culture is an integral part. This special issue provides a first step toward such a broad and integrative psychological understanding of collective action, but comes with promises as well as problems. We discuss both the exciting synergies and some lessons to learn for the future, and conclude that a focus on culture will facilitate the development of the rich and fascinating field of the social psychology of collective action.

scholarly journals Socially Engaged Social Psychology in Asia: Sustaining Research Progress in Diverse Directions

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan B. I. Bernardo ◽  
James H. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Psychological Paradigms

The final thematic special issue in the series ‘The Social Psychology of Social Change: Science and Practice in Asia’ features 10 empirical studies that apply diverse social psychological theories and approaches to understand and to address a wide range of social concerns in Asian societies. The articles in the special issue align more to mainstream social psychological approaches to studying social phenomena, and as such are mainly derivative of Western social psychological paradigms, with the exception of a couple of studies that adopt emic indigenous approaches. Nevertheless, the various studies display a clear motivation to use social psychology to engage particular societal concerns, representing incremental progress towards using social psychology in the service of social change.

scholarly journals The Social Psychology of Citizenship: Engagement With Citizenship Studies and Future Research

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford Stevenson ◽  
Nick Hopkins ◽  
Russell Luyt ◽  
John Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Valuable Contribution ◽  
Psychological Study ◽  
Thematic Section ◽  
The Social

In this article we review the argument outlined in the opening article in this special thematic section: that the current social psychology of citizenship can be understood as the development of longstanding conceptualisations of the concept within the discipline. These conceptualisations have contributed to the current social psychological study of the constructive, active and collective (but often exclusive) understandings of citizenship in people’s everyday lives, as evidenced by contributions to this thematic section. We consider how this emerging body of work might fit with current citizenship studies and in particular how it may contribute to the current trend towards conceiving citizenship as an active practice embedded in everyday social life. Specifically, we highlight three areas of future research that we think are particularly promising: citizenship and recognition; displays and enactments of citizenship in public space; citizenship and lived coexistence. Although this is far from an exhaustive list of possibilities, we propose that research in these areas could enable the way for social psychology to articulate a distinct, recognisable and valuable contribution to citizenship studies.

Climate change and intergroup relations: Psychological insights, synergies, and future prospects

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam R. Pearson ◽  
Jonathon P. Schuldt
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Psychological Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Shed Light

Climate change is often conceived as a technical challenge, requiring smart policies and science-driven solutions. Yet, as revealed by each new round of international negotiations, and by growing (rather than receding) partisan divides on climate change in the United States, climate change is also profoundly social: How people understand and engage with the issue is powerfully influenced by the responses of others, including members of ingroups and outgroups. This special issue brings together research and theory that shed light on new and understudied group and intergroup dimensions of climate change. The featured articles showcase the breadth of social psychological processes (e.g., social identity and categorization processes, intergroup perceptions, normative influence, justice concerns, and group-based ideologies) relevant to the study of climate change while highlighting how the problem’s shared, global relevance poses unique questions and opportunities for the field. We explore the contributions of these articles to the social psychological study of climate change and highlight new challenges and pathways forward.

Social-Psychological Models in Labor Motivation Analysis

2004 ◽  
pp. 90-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Surkov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Psychological Approach ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Economic Man ◽  
The Social ◽  
Psychological Models ◽  
Social Psychological Approach

Benefits of using social-psychological approach in the analysis of labor motivations are considered in the article. Classification of employees as objects of economic analysis is offered: "the economic man", "the man of the organization", "the social man" and "the asocial man". Related models give the opportunity to predict behavior of the firm in different situations, such as shocks of various nature.

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