Social psychology (sociology)

About: Social psychology (sociology) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 18151 publications have been published within this topic receiving 907731 citations. The topic is also known as: Social psychology & sociological social psychology.

The Minimal Group Paradigm: Theoretical Explanations and Empirical Findings

Abstract: (1990). The Minimal Group Paradigm: Theoretical Explanations and Empirical Findings. European Review of Social Psychology: Vol. 1, European Review of Social Psychology, pp. 263-292.

Aligning Identities, Emotions, and Beliefs to Create Commitment to Sustainable Social and Political Action:

Abstract: In this article the authors explore the social psychological processes underpinning sustainable commitment to a social or political cause. Drawing on recent developments in the collective action, identity formation, and social norm literatures, they advance a new model to understand sustainable commitment to action. The normative alignment model suggests that one solution to promoting ongoing commitment to collective action lies in crafting a social identity with a relevant pattern of norms for emotion, efficacy, and action. Rather than viewing group emotion, collective efficacy, and action as group products, the authors conceptualize norms about these as contributing to a dynamic system of meaning, which can shape ongoing commitment to a cause. By exploring emotion, efficacy, and action as group norms, it allows scholars to reenergize the theoretical connections between collective identification and subjective meaning but also allows for a fresh perspective on complex questions of causality.

Towards a psychology of collective memory.

Abstract: This article discusses the place of psychology within the now voluminous social scientific literature on collective memory Many social scientists locate collective memories in the social resources that shape them For scholars adopting this perspective, collective memories are viewed as transcending individuals; that is, as being "in the world" Others recognise that, in the final analysis, individuals must remember collective as well as individual memories These scholars treat collective memories as shared individual memories We attempt to bridge these two approaches by distinguishing between the design of social resources and memory practices, on one hand, and on the other, the effectiveness of each in forming and transforming the memories held by individuals and the psychological mechanisms that guide this effectiveness

Target practice: an organizational impression management approach to attracting minority and female job applicants

Abstract: On account of a number of factors, many companies have increased recruitment targeting female and ethnic or racial minority job applicants. Despite evidence suggesting that these applicants are attracted by different factors than traditional applicants and an abundance of recruitment tactics suggested in the popular press, no empirically based approach to recruiting these populations has emerged. This article reviews and integrates literature on organizational impression management, recruitment, marketing, and social psychology and provides a framework to assist practitioners in attracting minority and female job applicants. In addition, several avenues for future research are discussed.