Applied Social Psychology
Understanding and Managing Social Problems

An introduction to how social psychological theories, methods and interventions can be applied to manage real-world social problems.

Linda Steg (Edited by), Kees Keizer (Edited by), Abraham P. Buunk (Edited by), Talib Rothengatter (Edited by)

9781107620292, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 24 April 2017

418 pages
24.6 x 18.9 x 2 cm, 0.91 kg

'From understanding crime and health to environmental and organizational behavior, Applied Social Psychology is a required text for students and practitioners of social psychology and public policy. The book is innovating and challenging, containing up-to-date research overviews combined with promising interventions from leading scholars. It is an essential resource for people who seek to better understand social problems and solve them using insights from social psychological science.' Mark van Vugt, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Applied Social Psychology combines the science of social psychology with the practical application of solving social problems that exist in the real world. This exciting textbook provides a thorough explanation of how social psychologists can contribute to the understanding and management of different social problems. A highly prestigious team of contributors from across Europe and the United States illustrate how social psychological theories, research methods and intervention techniques can be successfully applied to problems encountered in the fields of physical and mental health, immigration and integration, economic behaviour, political behaviour, environmental behaviour, organisations and the classroom. This expanded edition also features new chapters on the dynamic fields of consumer behaviour, traffic behaviour, criminal behaviour, sport and development aid. Each field studied features an overview of important problems, the role of human behaviour in these problems, the factors influencing relevant behaviour, and effective ways to change this behaviour. This is an essential volume for all undergraduate and graduate students studying applied social psychology.

1. Introduction to applied social psychology Linda Steg and Talib Rothengatter
2. The use of theory in applied social psychology Mica Estrada and P. Wesley Schultz
3. Applications of social psychology to increase the impact of behaviour-focused intervention Philip K. Lehman, E. Scott Geller and Jan Willem Bolderdijk
4. The dilemmatics approach to applied research design: a case study of violent video game effects and aggression Melissa Burkley and Hart Blanton
5. The social psychology of consumer behaviour Wolfgang Stroebe and Kees Keizer
6. Social psychology and development aid Nina Hansen
7. Social psychology and economic behaviour: heuristics and biases in decision making and judgement W. Fred van Raaij
8. Applying social psychology to the classroom Pascal Huguet and Hans Kuyper
9. Social psychology and environmental problems Linda Steg and Robert Gifford
10. Social psychology of health and illness Arie Dijkstra and Alexander Rothman
11. Social psychology and immigration: relations between immigrants and host societies Jan Pieter van Oudenhoven, Charles Judd and Colleen Ward
12. Social psychology and mental health Pieternel Dijkstra and Abraham P. Buunk
13. Explaining crime over the life-course Arjan Blokland
14. The social psychology of organisations Dick de Gilder and Naomi Ellemers
15. Social psychology and political behaviour Martin Rosema and Bert N. Bakker
16. Social sport and exercise psychology Remco Polman, Erika Borkoles and Xavier Sanchez
17. Social psychology and driving behaviour Ayça Berfu Ünal and Bryan E. Porter.

Subject Areas: Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Psychology [JM]