Segall / Goldstein / Krenser Human Behavior and Public Policy

A Political Psychology
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-3903-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Web PDF

Human Behavior and Public Policy: A Political Psychology examines knowledge about human behavior and its application to public policy analysis. It shows that the findings of psychological research provide information on how to better understand social problems and formulate and implement policies for the solution of such problems. Organized into nine chapters, the book first discusses how psychology can be used to shape society into a better home and then presents three models for political psychology. The next chapters deal with intellectual capacities, educability, and prejudice and discrimination in different groups of people. The book also explores violence and intergroup conflict resolutions and concludes with a proposal for a research design that serves as an example of political-psychological planning. Academic psychologists who teach interdisciplinary social sciences and courses concerned with public affairs will find this book invaluable.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Segall, Marshall H.

Goldstein, Arnold P.

Krenser, Leonerd

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Human Behavior and Public Policy: A Political Psychology;4
3;Copyright page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;About the Author;7
6;Preface;8
7;Acknowledgments;14
8;Chapter 1. Psychology's real-world relevance;16
8.1;SOME CALLS FOR A RELEVANT PSYCHOLOGY;22
8.2;THE NON-OBVIOUS RELEVANCE OF PURE RESEARCH;26
9;Chapter 2. Applying psychology to public policy analysis: Three alternative models;32
9.1;THREE MODELS FOR POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY;33
9.2;NOTES;57
10;Chapter 3. The intellectual capacities of human groups;60
10.1;WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE AND HOW IS IT MEASURED?;64
10.2;THE HERITABILITY OF IQ AND THE JENSEN CONTROVERSY;68
10.3;JENSEN'S ERRONEOUS CONCLUSIONS ABOUT RACIAL DIFFERENCES;75
10.4;NOTES;88
11;Chapter 4. Compensatory education: Can we better educate those who need it most?;92
11.1;THE BASIC PREMISE OF COMPENSATORY EDUCATION;93
11.2;SOME BASIC FEATURES OF COMPENSATORY EDUCATION ATTEMPTS;95
11.3;TWO EXAMPLES OF COMPENSATORY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS;101
11.4;EVALUATION OF COMPENSATORY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS;104
11.5;PRE-TEST;107
11.6;THE REGRESSION ARTIFACT IN SOME COMPENSATORY EDUCATION EVALUATIONS;109
11.7;SHOULD COMPENSATORY EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS BE CONTINUED?;118
11.8;A POSTSCRIPT: COMPENSATORY EDUCATION FOR EVERYBODY?;119
11.9;ON THE MISUSE OF APTITUDE TESTS AS SELECTION DEVICES;120
11.10;NOTES;125
12;Chapter 5. Intergroup relations: The psychology of prejudice and discrimination;126
12.1;PREJUDICE AND ITS CAUSES;128
12.2;INTERGROUP RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES—A PARTIAL INVENTORY;152
12.3;PSYCHOLOGY'S POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICAN RACE RELATIONS;161
12.4;NOTES;166
13;Chapter 6. On relations between the sexes1;170
13.1;SEX DIFFERENTIATION IN CHILD-REARING PRACTICES;183
13.2;THE IMPACT OF SEX DIFFERENTIATION ON MALES;195
13.3;NOTES;200
14;Chapter 7. The etiology and control of violent behavior;204
14.1;ON AGGRESSION AS AN INSTINCT;208
14.2;THE ROLE OF SOCIAL FORCES IN HUMAN AGGRESSION;214
14.3;THE LINK BETWEEN FRUSTRATION AND AGGRESSION;222
14.4;RESEARCH ON THE PROCESS OF LEARNING TO AGGRESS;224
14.5;THE IMPACT OF TELEVISED VIOLENCE ON HUMAN AGGRESSION;229
14.6;SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECIES AND AGGRESSION;236
14.7;CONDITIONS AND CUES FOR AGGRESSION;237
14.8;DISSONANCE REDUCTION AND THE JUSTIFICATION OF AGGRESSION;242
14.9;THE REDUCTION AND CONTROL OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR;244
14.10;FRUSTRATION REDUCTION;245
14.11;NOTES;256
15;Chapter 8. Psychological contributions to the search for a warless world;258
15.1;TENSION REDUCTION BY UNILATERAL INITIATIVE;261
15.2;CONFLICT RESOLUTION;268
15.3;TOWARD THE REDUCTION OF NATIONALIST SENTIMENT;275
15.4;CONCLUSION;277
15.5;NOTES;278
16;Chapter 9. A design for research: Political psychology's unfinished business;280
16.1;ON THE DEVELOPMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF MALNUTRITION;281
16.2;AN ACTION PROGRAM TO MODIFY DIETARY BEHAVIOR;292
16.3;CONCLUDING COMMENTS;298
16.4;NOTES;298
17;References;300
18;Author Index;322
19;Subject Index;327
20;TITLES IN THE PERGAMON GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY SERIES (Continued);337