Contextual social psychology : reanalyzing prejudice, voting, and intergroup contact / Thomas F. Pettigrew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pettigrew, Thomas F., 1931- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social psychology--Research.

Social psychology.

Intergroup relations.

Voting.

Prejudices.

Psychology, Social.

Politics.

Medical Subjects:

Psychology, Social.

Politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 271 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington : American Psychological Association, 2021.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

"Using vivid examples of both historical and current events, acclaimed scholar Thomas Pettigrew's compelling book advocates for a robust contextual social psychology, maintaining that far more attention should be paid to the social context of various phenomena relevant in the world today. Each chapter illustrates concepts important to the field and offers insight into its advantages, applying these analyses to critical topics such as prejudice, far-right voting patterns, and intergroup contact. The book describes milestones in establishing a theoretically and methodologically sound contextual approach, including major statistical advances that have made this research far easier to conduct, more rigorous, and more commonplace. As the book demonstrates, in an educational capacity, contextual social psychology opens the possibility for joint undergraduate and graduate courses with other social science classes, such as sociology and political science. In doing so, Pettigrew paints a broader picture of how social science truly operates at multiple levels"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

A personal quest

What is contextual social psychology?

Five advantages of contextual analyses for social psychology

Statistical advances enable and encourage contextual analyses in social psychology

Applying contextual analyses to intergroup prejudice

Applying contextual analyses to relative deprivation

Applying contextual analyses to intergroup contact

Applying contextual analyses to far-right voting patterns

Looking ahead

References

Index

About the author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2021.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Contextual social psychology

ISBN:

9781433832949

1433832941

1433833182

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