Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology
About the Book Series
The aim of the Sydney Symposia of Social Psychology is to provide new, integrative insights into key areas of contemporary research. Held every year at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, each symposium deals with an important integrative theme in social psychology, and the invited participants are leading researchers in the field from around the world. Each contribution is extensively discussed during the symposium and is subsequently thoroughly revised into book chapters that are published in the volumes in this series.
Social Relationships: Cognitive, Affective and Motivational Processes
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph P. Forgas, Julie Fitness
June 23, 2015
Human beings are an intrinsically gregarious species - our personal relationships are of immense interest to us and are a key factor in achieving happiness and well being. From the moment of birth, humans crave love and intimacy and we devote much energy to creating and maintaining successful ...
The Social Outcast: Ostracism, Social Exclusion, Rejection, and Bullying
1st Edition
Edited
By Kipling D. Williams, Joseph P. Forgas, William Von Hippel
April 23, 2015
This book focuses on the ubiquitous and powerful effects of ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying. Human beings are an intrinsically gregarious species. Most of our evolutionary success is no doubt due to our highly developed ability to cooperate and interact with each other. It is ...
Social Psychology and Politics
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph P. Forgas, Klaus Fiedler, William D. Crano
April 15, 2015
Social psychology and politics are intricately related, and understanding how humans manage power and govern themselves is one of the key issues in psychology. This volume surveys the latest theoretical and empirical work on the social psychology of politics, featuring cutting-edge research from a ...
Evolution and the Social Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and Social Cognition
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph P. Forgas, Martie G. Haselton, William von Hippel
June 09, 2014
This book seeks to combine the study of human social cognition - the way we think, decide, plan and analyze social situations - with an evolutionary framework that considers these activities in light of evolutionary adaptations for solving problems of survival faced by our ancestors over ...
Motivation and Its Regulation: The Control Within
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph P. Forgas, Eddie Harmon-Jones
May 09, 2014
It is motivation that drives all our daily endeavors, and it is motivation, or the lack of it, that accounts for most of our successes and failures. Motivation, however, needs to be carefully controlled and regulated to be effective. This book surveys the most recent psychological research on how ...
Social Cognition and Communication
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph P. Forgas, Orsolya Vincze, János László
July 22, 2013
Language is the essence of interpersonal behavior and social relationships, and it is social cognitive processes that determine how we produce and understand language. However, there has been surprisingly little interest in the past linking social cognition and communication. This book presents the...
The Psychology of Social Conflict and Aggression
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph P. Forgas, Arie W. Kruglanski, Kipling D. Williams
March 21, 2011
This book provides an up-to-date integration of some of the most recent developments in social psychological research on social conflict and aggression, one of the most perennial and puzzling topics in all of psychology. It offers an informative, scholarly yet readable overview of recent ...
The Social Self: Cognitive, Interpersonal and Intergroup Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Joseph P. Forgas, Kipling D. Williams
September 04, 2003
What is the nature of the 'self', how do everyday experiences shape it, and how does it influence our thinking, judgements and behaviors? Such questions constitute enduring puzzles in psychology, and are also of critical practical importance for applied domains such as clinical, counseling, ...
Social Influence: Direct and Indirect Processes
1st Edition
By Joseph P. Forgas, Kipling D. Williams
June 14, 2002
Social influence processes play a key role in human behavior. Arguably our extraordinary evolutionary success has much to do with our subtle and highly developed ability to interact with and influence each other. In this volume, leading international researchers review and integrate contemporary ...