Download or read book Applied Social Psychology in India written by Girishwar Misra and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays provide a lively introduction to the field of applied social psychology. The contributors - who include economists, sociologists, linguists, anthropologists and psychologists - deal with problems and models specific to the Indian socio-economic reality. They provide a comprehensive analysis of research on deprivation, poverty, competence, population, political behaviour, achievement motivation, social tension, multilingualism and marginality of weaker sections. They highlight diverse issues using Indian models which have a direct bearing on national development.
Download or read book Applied Social Psychology in India written by Girishwar Misra and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 1990-08 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The volume fills an important gap that exists in social-psychological research in India. The contributors present different perspectives. However, the unitary theme of social relevance and interdisciplinary perspective is highlighted. The contributors have provided some suggestions, but they have also indicated the anomalies in our social system. This adds to the merit of the book from a broader perspective. --Indian Psychological Abstracts and Reviews Providing a lively introduction to the field, Applied Social Psychology in India, represents the shift from laboratory-oriented research to problem-oriented naturalistic research. It provides a comprehensive analysis of research on deprivation, poverty, competence, population, political behavior, achievement motivation, social tension, and multilingualism.
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Download or read book Psychology in India The State of the Art written by Indian Council of Social Science Research and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 1988 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on basic and applied social psychology. The aspects discussed include attitudes and cognition; social influence processes; problems specific to the third world; inter-group relations and social tension; issues related to awareness, preception, motivation and attitudes; research on the social psychology of education.
Download or read book Psychology In India Volume I Basic Psychological Processes And Human Development written by Girishwar Misra and published by Pearson Education India. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychology in India, Volume I: Basic Psychological Processes and Human Development comprises six original essays and analyses research conducted on psychological processes. It integrates biological and ecological approaches to the study of behaviour; recent research in developmental psychology; studies on language acquisition and language processes, reading, and bilingualism and multilingualism; contributions from neuroscience, cognitive science, and cultural psychology towards the knowledge of cognitive processes; research on affective and motivational processes; and studying personality. Concepts, methods and theories have been covered.
Download or read book Psychology in India Revisited Developments in the Discipline Volume 3 written by Janak Pandey and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Survey of Psychology series presents critical reviews of and reflects the major changes in psychological research in India. After a comprehensive introduction, this, the third volume in the series, begins with a chapter that critically highlights the major contributions in the areas of attitudes, social cognition and justice from a theoretical and cultural perspective. The second chapter examines individualistic as well as traditional collectivist Indian values arguing that both can co-exist. This is followed by a chapter on the various dimensions of poverty, the poor and deprivation. Chapter Four reviews the major theoretical approaches to the subject, and the next chapter presents the prevalent trends and shortcomings of the conceptual and methodological problems in the relatively new area of environmental psychology. Chapter Six provides various pertinent issues related with motivation, leadership and human performance within a conceptual framework and with theoretical perspectives. The last chapter critically examines the changes and the general shift in the content of research as well as the strength and weaknesses of the discipline of psychology at the start of the new millennium.
Download or read book Applied Social Psychology written by Jamie A. Gruman and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 1150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This student-friendly introduction to the field focuses on understanding social and practical problems and developing intervention strategies to address them. Offering a balance of theory, research, and application, the updated Third Edition includes the latest research, as well as new, detailed examples of qualitative research throughout.
Download or read book Psychology In India Volume 2 Social And Organizational Processes written by Girishwar Misra and published by Pearson Education India. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised version of papers presented at the National Workshop for Fifth ICSSR Survey of Psychological Research, held at Delhi during 23-24 October 2006.
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