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The Cambridge handbook of social representations.

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The core aspects of social representations theory have been debated over many years and some still remain widely misunderstood as mentioned in this paper, which brings together theoretical strands and developments in the theory, some of which have become pillars in the social sciences in their own right.
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A social representations approach offers an empirical utility for addressing myriad social concerns such as social order, ecological sustainability, national identity, racism, religious communities, the public understanding of science, health and social marketing. The core aspects of social representations theory have been debated over many years and some still remain widely misunderstood. This handbook provides an overview of these core aspects and brings together theoretical strands and developments in the theory, some of which have become pillars in the social sciences in their own right. Academics and students in the social sciences working with concepts and methods such as social identity, discursive psychology, positioning theory, semiotics, attitudes, risk perception and social values will find this an invaluable resource.

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Methods for Studying the Structure of Social Representations: A Critical Review and Agenda for Future Research

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the methodologies commonly used in the framework of the structural approach to social representations is presented, including free and hierarchical evocations, the characterization questionnaire, the similarity analysis, the basic cognitive schemes model, the attribute-challenge technique and the test of context independence.
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Storytelling as Adaptive Collective Sensemaking

TL;DR: It is proposed that the specific adaptive value of storytelling lies in making sense of non‐routine, uncertain, or novel situations, thereby enabling the collaborative development of previously acquired skills and knowledge, but also promoting social cohesion by strengthening intragroup identity and clarifying intergroup relations.
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Pauvreté, (non-) recours aux droits sociaux et représentations sociales

Arnaud Beal
TL;DR: In this paper, a demarche de triangulation methodologique (Apostolidis, 2006), melant methodes qualitatives and quantitative, nous a permis dobserver et de recueillir en contextes les representations sociales decrivant, expliquant, and organisant des pratiques de droit and ce qui les rend difficiles.
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Developing and Maintaining Public Trust During and Post-COVID-19: Can We Apply a Model Developed for Responding to Food Scares?

TL;DR: It is concluded that many of the strategies identified in the trust model can be successfully applied to the maintenance of trust in public health officials prior to, during, and after pandemics.
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Insights from Societal Psychology: The Contextual Politics of Change

TL;DR: Societal psychology explores the contexts which promote or inhibit social and societal change and can be seen as a bridge between social and political psychology, examining the different interests at stake within any social context.
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The Metaphor of the Triangle in Theories of Human Development

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Asymmetries in peer interaction: The effect of social representations of gender and knowledge asymmetry on children's cognitive development

TL;DR: In this article, the role of social representations of gender and knowledge as sources of asymmetry on the features of children's interactions as well as on their cognitive development was examined through an innovative pre-test, first interaction, second interaction, post-test design.
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