Psychology At The Heart Of Social Change

Author : Mick Cooper
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781447361053

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Psychology at the Heart of Social Change by Mick Cooper Pdf

We live in troubled times: climate crisis, war and authoritarian ‘populism’ are just some of the challenges we are currently facing. Never has there been such a need for a new approach to politics – nor such an opportunity for one. To create a world in which people thrive, we need to know what thriving is. Over the past century, psychotherapy – and its parent discipline, psychology – has built up a vibrant, nuanced and highly practical understanding of human wellbeing and distress. This book describes a progressive political approach that integrates insights from the psychotherapeutic and psychological domain, moving us from a politics of blame to a politics of understanding. In this vision of society – surrounded by a culture of radical acceptance – all individuals can live rich and fulfilling lives. We need those shaping our political landscape to understand psychological needs and processes more deeply to enhance our ability to work with others in a spirit of collaboration, dialogue and respect.

Author : Leo Schneiderman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39015014436573

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The Psychology of Social Change by Leo Schneiderman Pdf

This book attempts to show how motives, emotions, psychological defenses, and unconscious mental processes affects social change. Using the constructs of psychology, sociology and anthropology, the author builds a conceptual bridge between the individual and small groups, and social processes. Several significant dimensions of social change are analyzed, including the emergences of new insights on the part of the individual, changes in social roles and social controls, organizational change, and new trends in art and religion.

Author : Carolyn Kagan,Mark Burton,Paul Duckett,Rebecca Lawthom,Asiya Siddiquee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429776175

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Critical Community Psychology by Carolyn Kagan,Mark Burton,Paul Duckett,Rebecca Lawthom,Asiya Siddiquee Pdf

This accessible textbook draws upon progressions in academic, political and global arenas, to provide a comprehensive overview of practical issues in psychological work across a diverse range of community settings. Interest in community psychology, and its potential as a distinctive approach, is growing and evolving in parallel with societal and policy changes. Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition covers crucial issues including decolonial approaches, migration, social justice, and the environmental crisis. It has a new chapter on archive research, working with data, policy analysis and development, to reflect the continuously developing global nature of community psychology. Key features include: Sections and chapters organised around thinking, acting and reflecting Case examples and reflections of community psychology in action Discussion points and ideas for exercises that can be undertaken by the reader, in order to extend critical understanding Aiming to provide readers with not only the theories, values and principles of community psychology, but also with the practical guidance that will underpin their community psychological work, this is the ideal resource for any student of community, social, and clinical psychology, social work, community practice, and people working in community-based professions and applied settings.

Author : Nick Cooney
Publisher : Lantern Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1590562453

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Change of Heart by Nick Cooney Pdf

An easy-to-use psychology primer for anyone wanting to spread progressive social change. Developed so that non-profits, community organizers and others can make science-driven decisions in their advocacy work.

Author : Nevitt Sanford
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780202368771

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Self and Society by Nevitt Sanford Pdf

How does his social environment change an individual, and why do these changes occur? Can social institutions be shaped and molded profoundly enough to afford each member of a society his maximum potential for happiness, effective functioning, and complete development? In this new work a distinguished psychologist evolves a theory of personality and society designed to help guide the work of institutions responsible for individual growth and development. Drawing on his vast experience--as an educator, a prison psychologist, a practicing psychoanalyst, and as the director of major studies in child development, personality assessment, the social psychology of higher education, and alcoholism and related problems--Professor Sanford has designed a developmental model intended to guide work in institutions which mold the individual: from family through schools, colleges, child guidance clinics, and mental hospitals. With exceptional lucidity, he examines the central issues in furthering desirable change through intervention in individual and group processes. He achieves notable advances in integrating personality theory and sociological theory: he joins psychoanalytic "ego psychologists" and other personality theorists in developing a dynamic-organismic theory broader than that of classical psychoanalysis and more in keeping with contemporary social theory. The author's clear style and firm grasp of his subject add further to the significance of Self and Society. It will be a stimulating textbook in social psychology, personality, and culture, and personality, and will make indispensable reading for behavioral scientists, psychiatrists, and educators, as well as for all professionals who work to promote mental health, education and social welfare. Nevitt Sanford (1909-1995) was professor of psychology and education at Stanford University and director of the Institute for the Study of Human Problems. After leaving Stanford in 1968, he founded the Wright Institute. He has been president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and president of the Division of Personality and Social Psychology of the American Psychological Association. He has been author or coauthor of close to 200 scholarly journals as well as more than a dozen books.

Author : Robert Biswas-Diener
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789048199389

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Positive Psychology as Social Change by Robert Biswas-Diener Pdf

In recent times there has been growing interest in positive psychology as evidenced by the swell in positive psychology graduate programs, undergraduate courses, journals related to the topic, popular book titles on the topic and scholarly publications. Within the positive psychology community there has been an increased emphasis on the socially beneficial side of positive psychological science. At the First World Congress of the International Positive Psychology Association there was a major push to look at positive psychology as a social change mechanism. This volume will bring together thoughts of leaders in positive psychology from 8 countries to capitalize on the push toward social change and flourishing. By releasing this title at a critical time Springer has the opportunity to help frame the agenda for positive psychology as a force for social change. This seminal work is meant for anyone interested in happiness, strengths, flourishing or positive institutions It introduces Positive Psychology as an unapplied science that can be used to create positive social transformation and enabling institutions. This is a must-have title for academics, especially psychologists, sociologists, economists, and professionals working in the field of Positive Psychology and Well-Being.

Author : Allen M. Omoto
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135628826

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Processes of Community Change and Social Action by Allen M. Omoto Pdf

This volume--an outgrowth of the annual meeting of the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology--focuses on examples of social change and community action, and the processes at work in creating change. The presenters engaged each other and the audience in thinking about how best to create and sustain social change. This volume represents a product of their cumulative insight, research results, and perspectives, including chapters from each of the symposium presenters, as well as a few selected chapters from other noted scholars. Taken as a whole, the volume is highly accessible and presents findings from provocative and programmatic research that offer illuminating lessons for anyone interested in attempts at community change, civic participation, and social action. Processes of Community Change and Social Action provides cutting-edge and complementary approaches to understanding the causes and effects of broad civic participation. The contributors to this volume are all distinguished researchers and theorists, well known for their work on different aspects of processes of community change and social action. They address topics related to service learning, social movements, political socialization, civil society, and especially volunteerism. This unique interdisciplinary collection appeals to social, personality, community, and developmental psychologists, sociologists, and public health researchers. It also should be of considerable interest to practitioners of social action and individuals working to create social change.

Author : Nevitt Sanford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 113853238X

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Self and Society by Nevitt Sanford Pdf

How does his social environment change an individual, and why do these changes occur? Can social institutions be shaped and molded profoundly enough to afford each member of a society his maximum potential for happiness, effective functioning, and complete development? In this new work a distinguished psychologist evolves a theory of personality and society designed to help guide the work of institutions responsible for individual growth and development. Drawing on his vast experience--as an educator, a prison psychologist, a practicing psychoanalyst, and as the director of major studies in child development, personality assessment, the social psychology of higher education, and alcoholism and related problems--Professor Sanford has designed a developmental model intended to guide work in institutions which mold the individual: from family through schools, colleges, child guidance clinics, and mental hospitals. With exceptional lucidity, he examines the central issues in furthering desirable change through intervention in individual and group processes. He achieves notable advances in integrating personality theory and sociological theory: he joins psychoanalytic "ego psychologists" and other personality theorists in developing a dynamic-organismic theory broader than that of classical psychoanalysis and more in keeping with contemporary social theory. The author's clear style and firm grasp of his subject add further to the significance of Self and Society. It will be a stimulating textbook in social psychology, personality, and culture, and personality, and will make indispensable reading for behavioral scientists, psychiatrists, and educators, as well as for all professionals who work to promote mental health, education and social welfare.

Author : Adolfo Tanzi Neto,Fernanda Liberali,Manolis Dafermos
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Social change
ISBN : 1433170388

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Revisiting Vygotsky for Social Change by Adolfo Tanzi Neto,Fernanda Liberali,Manolis Dafermos Pdf

This book adds critical and social perspectives to Vygotsky's initial principles to expand his legacy to global contemporary needs such as a critical reflection from the perspective of social change, ethical-political situations of action power, and awareness of the social environment to actively change the existing forms of life.

Author : Agnes Osita-Njoku
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Community psychology
ISBN : 9780453121

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Community Psychology & Social Change by Agnes Osita-Njoku Pdf

Author : Martha Lasley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0974200026

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Facilitating with Heart by Martha Lasley Pdf

Facilitating with Heart: Awakening Personal Transformation and Social Change is a book that integrates best practices in the field of facilitation. You'll find resources and inspirational stories from facilitators, coaches and social change activists from around the world.

Author : Stuart A. Pizer,Jeffrey R. Travers
Publisher : New York ; Montreal : McGraw-Hill
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39076005198549

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Psychology and Social Change by Stuart A. Pizer,Jeffrey R. Travers Pdf

Author : Angus and Converse, Philip E. Campbell,Angus Campbell,Philip E. Converse
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1972-03-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0871541939

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The Human Meaning of Social Change by Angus and Converse, Philip E. Campbell,Angus Campbell,Philip E. Converse Pdf

This book is a companion piece to Sheldon and Moore's Indicators of Social Change. Whereas Indicators of Social Change was concerned with various kinds of "hard" data, typically sociostructural, this book is devoted chiefly to so-called "softer" data of a more social-psychological sort: the attitudes, expectations, aspirations, and values of the American population. The book deals with the meaning of change from two points of view. First, it is interested in the human meaning which people attribute to the complex social environment in which they find themselves; their understanding of group relations, the political process, and the consumer economy in which they participate. Secondly, it discusses the impact that the various alternatives offered by the environment have on the nature of their lives and the fulfillment of those lives. The twelve essays which make up the volume deal successively with the major domains of life. Each author sets forth an inclusive statement of the most significant dimensions of psychological change in a specific area of life, to review the state of present information, and to project the measurements needed to improve understanding of these changes in the future.

Author : Angus and Converse, Philip E. Campbell,Angus Campbell,Philip E. Converse
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1972-03-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0871541939

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The Human Meaning of Social Change by Angus and Converse, Philip E. Campbell,Angus Campbell,Philip E. Converse Pdf

This book is a companion piece to Sheldon and Moore's Indicators of Social Change. Whereas Indicators of Social Change was concerned with various kinds of "hard" data, typically sociostructural, this book is devoted chiefly to so-called "softer" data of a more social-psychological sort: the attitudes, expectations, aspirations, and values of the American population. The book deals with the meaning of change from two points of view. First, it is interested in the human meaning which people attribute to the complex social environment in which they find themselves; their understanding of group relations, the political process, and the consumer economy in which they participate. Secondly, it discusses the impact that the various alternatives offered by the environment have on the nature of their lives and the fulfillment of those lives. The twelve essays which make up the volume deal successively with the major domains of life. Each author sets forth an inclusive statement of the most significant dimensions of psychological change in a specific area of life, to review the state of present information, and to project the measurements needed to improve understanding of these changes in the future.

Author : Mervin B. Freedman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461578642

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Social Change and Personality by Mervin B. Freedman Pdf

Nevitt Sanford's career in psychology has spanned the years from the 1930's to the present. The canon of his works is vast--eight books and some 200 chapters, monographs, and articles. The contributions to this book, by students and colleagues, remind us of the great variety and significance of the concerns and interests he has addressed--development over the course of a human life, education (with emphasis upon higher education), personality theory, and political psychology (incorporating the concept of social action). Arriving upon the scene in psychology when he did, one of Nevitt Sanford's first publications, KhY~i~~~, K~~~££~li!r, ~££ ~£~£l~~~~iE (1943), reflected the interest of that time in biology and physiology (a concern of psychology which declined for some time thereafter, to be revived in the 1960's). It was also, however, the decade after psyc- analysis and Marxist ideology had made their dramatic entrance upon the stage of American intellectual life, and these two schools of thought, in many ways contradictory, have profoundly influenced him ever since. Nevitt has never lost his fascination with the power of infancy and childhood to affect development, and with the workings of the unconscious.