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The Future of Social Psychology

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Cookie W. Stephan

    1. Depts. of Sociology and Anthropology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA

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  2. Walter G. Stephan

    1. Dept. of Psychology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA

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  3. Thomas F. Pettigrew

    1. Stevenson College, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, USA
      Subfakulteit Psychologie, Vakgroep Sociale Psychologie, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Cookie White Stephan, Walter G. Stephan
    Pages 1-12

  3. Toward Unity and Bold Theory: Popperian Suggestions for Two Persistent Problems of Social Psychology

    • Thomas F. Pettigrew
    Pages 13-27

  4. Social Psychology at the Crossroads

    • Cookie White Stephan, Walter G. Stephan
    Pages 29-43

  5. Sociology, Psychology and Social Psychology (and Social Science)

    • James S. House
    Pages 45-60

  6. Interdisciplinary Social Psychology: Prospects and Problems

    • Carl W. Backman
    Pages 61-69

  7. Interdisciplinary Lessons: The Two Social Psychologies from the Perspective of a Psychologist Practicing Sociology

    • Carmi Schooler
    Pages 71-81

  8. Consequences of the Gap between the “Two Social Psychologies”

    • Sheldon Stryker
    Pages 83-97

  9. Is Unity Possible? A Summary

    • Thomas F. Pettigrew
    Pages 99-121
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About this book

Cookie White Stephan and Walter G. Stephan This is a book about the two social psychologies-psychological social psychology and sociological social psychology--written by social psychologists from both disciplines. It focuses on the benefits and costs of interchange between psychological social psychology and sociological social psychology, with the ultimate goal of encouraging interaction among scholars in the two disciplines. The primary questions addressed are: What do the two disciplines have to offer each other? What are the barriers to fruitful interchange? How can these barriers be overcome? In this introductory chapter we will first examine some historical reasons for the lack of interchange between the two social psychologies. Then we will provide a brief preview of the chapters to follow. The Development of the Two Social Psychologies The beginning of concern with the "social animal" can be traced to the ancient Greeks. However, social psychology's formal beginning is usually dated from Norman Triplett's 1897 publication of his findings on the effects of competition or from the publication in 1908 of two books including the words "Social Psychology" in their titles, one by the psychologist William McDougall and the other by the sociologist Edward Alsworth Ross. Thus, from its inception, social psychology was already divided into two distinct academic units, housed in the disciplines of sociology and psychology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Depts. of Sociology and Anthropology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA

    Cookie W. Stephan

  • Dept. of Psychology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA

    Walter G. Stephan

  • Stevenson College, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, USA

    Thomas F. Pettigrew

  • Subfakulteit Psychologie, Vakgroep Sociale Psychologie, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Thomas F. Pettigrew

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Future of Social Psychology

  • Editors: Cookie W. Stephan, Walter G. Stephan, Thomas F. Pettigrew

  • Series Title: Recent Research in Psychology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3120-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-97487-3Published: 06 March 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-3120-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-7532

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 121

  • Topics: Personality and Social Psychology, Business and Management, general

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