Psychology and social issues : a tutorial test / edited by Raymond Cochrane and Douglas Carroll.
Contributor(s): Cochrane, Raymond | Carroll, Douglas.
Material type: BookSeries: Contemporary psychology series (London, England): 1.Publisher: London ; New York : Falmer Press, 1991Description: ix, 227 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 1850008353 ; 1850008361.Subject(s): Social psychology | Social problemsDDC classification: 302Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 302 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00010068 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This work addresses topical social issues from a psychological perspective, for example unemployment, child abuse, and AIDS. Each contribution is self-contained, does not presume previous knowledge of the topic, and is suitable for students to use as the basis for a tutorial discussion.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The psychology of humour and laughter / Hugh Foot -- Do babies need mothers? / Gill Harris -- The social context of eating disorders / Vivien J. Lewis and Alan Blair -- Child sexual abuse / Glyn Thomas -- Sex differences and gender relations: Yes, but who does the washing up? / Christine Griffin -- The myths and realities of rape / Patti Mazelan -- Bereavement / Barbara Dodd -- AIDS: psychological, social and political reactions to a modern epidemic / Keith Phillips and David White -- Problem drug use / Moira Hamlin -- Alcohol abuse: The ins and the outs / Clive Eastman -- Government and tobacco: economics, ethics and epidemics / Allan Norris -- Animal experiments in psychology / Glyn Thomas -- Racial prejudice / Raymond Cochrane -- Work, unemployment and mental health / Graham Stokes -- Social issues and policing: politics or psychology? / Susan Phillips -- Lie detection: lies and truths / Douglas Carroll -- Is television violence harmful? / Guy Cumberbatch -- The language of television news / Howard Davis -- Advertisements: Are we seeing through them? / Michael Green -- Psychology and the nuclear threat / Chris Leach.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- The psychology of humour and laughter
- Do babies need mothers?
- The social context of eating disorders
- Child sexual abuse
- Sex differences and gender relations - yes, but who does the washing up?
- The myths and realities of rape
- Bereavement
- AIDS - psychology, social and political reactions to a modern epidemic
- Problem drug use
- Alchohol abuse - the ins and the outs
- Government and tobacco - economics, ethics and epidemics
- Animal experiments in psychology
- Racial prejudice
- Work, unemployment and mental health
- Social issues and policing - politics of psychology
- Lie detection - lies and truths
- Is TV violence harmful?
- The language of television news
- TV ads - what do we see through them?
- Psychology and the nuclear threat