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.

Measuring Organizational Strategies: Some Theoretical and Methodological Problems

Abstract: In this article we address the major theoretical and methodological problems encountered in attempts to arrive at valid and reliable measures of organizational strategy. Our discussion is based on a series of empirical studies of the strategic behaviors of nearly 200 organizations in ten industries. In these studies, four different approaches for measuring strategy have been employed. We describe each approach and discuss its advantages and disadvantages.

Radicalization into Violent Extremism I: A Review of Social Science Theories

Abstract: In discourse about countering terrorism, the term "radicalization" is widely used, but remains poorly defined To focus narrowly on ideological radicalization risks implying that radical beliefs are a proxy—or at least a necessary precursor—for terrorism, though we know this not to be trueDifferent pathways and mechanisms of terrorism involvement operate in different ways for different people at different points in time and perhaps in different contexts This article explores the problems in defining radicalization and radicalism, and suggests that radicalization—and more specifically, involvement in terrorism—might best be viewed as a set of diverse processes It goes on to review several potentially promising theories that might support further study of those processes, including social movement theory, social psychology, and conversion theory Finally, it describes some possible frameworks for understanding how the processes might facilitate terrorism-related behavior This article is available in Journal of Strategic Security: http://scholarcommonsusfedu/jss/vol4/iss4/2 Journal of Strategic Security Volume 4 Issue 4 2011, pp 7-36 DOI: 105038/1944-0472441 Journal of Strategic Security (c) 2011 ISSN: 1944-0464 eISSN: 1944-0472 7 Radicalization into Violent Extremism I: A Review of Social Science Theories Randy Borum University of South Florida wborum@usfedu

The Psychological Functions of Function Words

Abstract: anguage is the currency of most human social processes. We use words toconvey our emotions and thoughts, to tell stories, and to understand theworld. It is somewhat odd, then, that so few investigations in the socialsciences actually focus on natural language use among people in the real world.There are many legitimate reasons for not studying what people say or write.Historically, the analysis of text was slow, complex, and costly. The purpose of thischapter is to suggest that social scientists in general and social psychologists inparticular should reconsider the value of language studies. With recent advancesin computer text analysis methods, we are now able to explore basic social processesin new and rich ways that could not have been done even a decade ago.When language has been studied at all within social psychology, it has usuallyrelied on fairly rigorous experimental methods using an assortment of standardizedhuman coding procedures. These works are helping researchers to understandsocial attribution (Fiedler & Semin, 1992), intercultural communication (Hajek G Winter & McClelland, 1978)Over the last decade, a small group of researchers have adopted a somewhatdifferent strategy. Their goal has been to understand how the words people use intheir daily interactions reflect who they are and what they are doing. As detailedbelow, this strategy has also been method-driven. With the development ofincreasingly versatile computer programs and the availability of natural languageIn K. Fiedler (Ed.)(2007). Social Communication (pp. 343-359). New York: Psychology Press.

Handbook of experimental existential psychology

Abstract: Part 1: Introduction. Pyszczynski, Greenberg, Koole, Experimental Existential Psychology: Exploring the Human Confrontation with Reality. Part 2: Existential Realities. Solomon, Greenberg, Pyszczynski, The Cultural Animal: Twenty Years of Terror Management Theory and Research. Arndt, Cook, Routledge, The Blueprint of Terror Management: Understanding the Cognitive Architecture of Psychological Defense against the Awareness of Death. Florian, Mikulincer, A Multifaceted Model of the Existential Meanings, Manifestations, and Consequences of the Fear of Personal Death. Goldenberg, Roberts, The Beast within the Beauty: An Existential Perspective on the Objectification and Condemnation of Women. Koole, van den Berg, Paradise Lost and Reclaimed: A Motivational Analysis of Human-Nature Relations. Taubman - Ben-Ari, Risk Taking in Adolescence: "To Be or Not to Be" Is Not Really the Question. Janoff-Bulman, Yopyk, Random Outcomes and Valued Commitments: Existential Dilemmas and the Paradox of Meaning. Part 3: Systems of Meaning and Value. Batson, Stocks, Religion: Its Core Psychological Functions. Tangney, Mashek, In Search of the Moral Person: Do You Have to Feel Really Bad to Be Good? Van den Bos, An Existentialist Approach to the Social Psychology of Fairness: The Influence of Mortality and Uncertainty Salience on Reactions to Fair and Unfair Events. McGregor, Zeal, Identity, and Meaning: Going to Extremes to Be One Self. Sedikides, Wildschut, Baden, Nostalgia: Conceptual Issues and Existential Functions. Young, Morris, Existential Meanings and Cultural Models: The Interplay of Personal and Supernatural Agency in American and Hindu Ways of Responding to Uncertainty. Salzman, Halloran, Cultural Trauma and Recovery: Cultural Meaning, Self-Esteem, and the Reconstruction of the Cultural Anxiety Buffer. Dechesne, Kruglanski, Terror's Epistemic Consequences: Existential Threat and the Quest for Certainty and Closure. Jost, Fitzsimons, Kay, The Ideological Animal: A System Justification View. Part 4: The Human Connection. Mikulincer, Florian, Hirschberger, The Terror of Death and the Quest for Love: An Existential Perspective on Close Relationships. Castano, Yzerbyt, Paladino, Transcending Oneself through Social Identification. Haidt, Algoe, Moral Amplification and the Emotions That Attach Us to Saints and Demons. Case, Williams, Ostracism: A Metaphor for Death. Pinel, Long, Landau, Pyszczynski, I-Sharing, the Problem of Existential Isolation, and Their Implications for Interpersonal and Intergroup Phenomena. Wicklund, Vida-Grim, Bellezza in Interpersonal Relations. Part 5: Freedom and the Will. Bargh, Being Here Now: Is Consciousness Necessary for Human Freedom? Vohs, Baumeister, Ego Depletion, Self-Control, and Choice. Kuhl, Koole, Workings of the Will: A Functional Approach. Martin, Campbell, Henry, The Roar of Awakening: Mortality Acknowledgment as a Call to Authentic Living. Ryan, Deci, Autonomy Is No Illusion: Self-Determination Theory and the Empirical Study of Authenticity, Awareness, and Will. Kasser, Sheldon, Non-Becoming, Alienated Becoming, and Authentic Becoming: A Goal-Based Approach. Part 6: Postmortem. Koole, Greenberg, Pyszczynski, The Best of Two Worlds: Experimental Existential Psychology Now and in the Future.

The Social Relations Model

Abstract: Publisher Summary The Social Relations Model represents one method of studying two-person relationships. It attempts to separate the effects of persons and dyad. The Social Relations Model has three potential contributions to the study of dyads. First, it provides a purely methodological-statistical solution to the analysis of dyadic data. The Social Relations Model represents a new approach to the analysis of dyadic data structures. Second, the model can provide social psychology with better procedures to resolve the theoretical issues of the discipline. Third, the model is useful because it looks at social behavior as simultaneously operating at multiple levels. Very different principles operate at these different levels and only by simultaneously examining social behavior at different levels, the complexity and simplicity of social life can be fully appreciated.