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A description of some of the psychol'al att's that create prejudice. 'Prejudice may be defined as a bias or leaning of feeling, favorable or unfavorable, in regard to categories of objects of perception prior to testing the reality or validity of such a feeling.' To accept attitude change, & to overcome fear & hate of unknown objects, the child has to be sure that the parent figure who introduces the new object is a good & safe person. The protective function of these phobias or prejudices lies 'in their enabling the subject to release some of the unconscious ambivalence against a substitute for the original target-object of his hate or fear, while also avoiding the catastrophic implications of becoming aware of these feelings against the original object - say his father or mother. Displaced or transferred feelings are the essential psychol'al dynamisms in xenophobia & other forms of ethnic prejudice. Another common feature is the felt threat of being coerced or overcome by fiercer or more subtle or just stronger people, with the implied sense of one's own honest simplicity or weakness, often camouflaged by an assumption of rugged individualism & patriotic chauvinism. The 2nd main category of motives for ethnic prejudice rests on the projection of one's own rejected but still active instinctual desires to the object of prejudice. 'The `stranger' is the symbol of those parts of one from which repression & guilt feelings have alienated one.' The typical prejudiced person 'is an emotionally insecure person. His or her relationship to home background was such as to induce marked conflict in the sphere of aggression vs submission to parent figures.' E. Weiman.

This up-to-date collection begins with an account and analysis of the role of psychologists in prisons in relation to research.Looks at the results of evidence based psychological approaches to working with prisonersFirst half of the book has its primary focus on psychological evaluation researchIncludes chapters on psychological research on suicide, bullying, life sentenced prisoners and staff sickness

This paper examines dance as a significant ethnological, historical, geographical, sociological, artistic, musical, aesthetic, psychological, biological, and psychotherapeutic phenomenon. The main focus is on its psychological aspects and the interconnectedness of psychological and physical components, which enables a unique experience not only for the person who dances but also for the observers. In the first part, the complex phenomenon of dance is elaborated, differences between spontaneous dance and dance as an artistic discipline are highlighted and a new comprehensive definition of dance is offered. Secondly, different aspects of dance are looked at through the prism of questions that intrigue researchers in various psychological disciplines such as developmental psychology, social, cognitive, health and clinical psychology, physiological, evolutionary, and finally the psychology of creativity. The last chapter provides the basic determinants of artistic dance from the perspective of the psychology of creativity. Specific issues related to artistic dance are discussed, including the characteristics of a creative person - choreographer or performer, creative process, work of art - dance, audience and creative environment. The paper concludes with a brief overview of the importance of psychology for the field of dance, and vice versa, emphasizing the continuous interchange between the two.

The article convincingly demonstrates that Russia is increasingly began to publish monographs lawyers on key legal and psychological phenomena, and in dissertations in the formulation of the provisions on the protection of delatsya criticism of "Westernization" of the state legislation and upheld psychologicaland position. At the same time, critically, it is noted that in the field of legal ideology and policies, and in making innovations in the law still, as in Soviet period, dominated by legal dogma, and psychological realities are taken into account in fragments. The reason for this state of Affairs is that still within the framework of University training and further education of local lawyers, in contrast to international practice, insufficient attention is paid to the development of psychological culture, but in the end no full-fledged dialogue between lawyers and psychologists. Taking into account possibilities of integrative methodology justified the subject of psychological law as an interdisciplinary science and the field of psychological practice focused on the identification of regularities and mechanisms of development of legal awareness and legal existence of various actors in the legal activity aimed at the development of psychologically informed interventions for the improvement of legal ideology and politics, systems of law-making, law enforcement and crime prevention, psycho-technical methods and techniques in activities of law enforcement officials. For constructive development of psychological jurisprudence identified the key areas of research and nodal practicerelevant problems.

Although psychological warfare was practiced to a greater degree in the Vietnam conflict than in any other war in history, virtually nothing has been published about it. Perhaps few wished to be identified with such activity, or it may be that security considerations prevented discussion of the operations. At any rate, the end of the Cold War has made it possible to take a brief look at a hitherto unknown (or undiscussed) subject. This article, however, does not make a pretense of being comprehensive for the whole war, but rather reflects personal observations during one brief period of intense fighting—the summer of 1966.

We examined psychological safety as a mediator of the relationship between psychological capital and innovative behavior. Survey data from 136 university teachers in China were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results indicated that psychological safety partially mediated
the relationship between psychological capital and innovative behavior. These findings suggest not only that it is important to consider psychological capital in understanding innovative behavior, but also that psychological safety plays an important role in the relationship. Limitations are
discussed and directions for future research are suggested.

Includes 2 chapters from the work entitled Psychological aspects of global conflict, which was published by the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1955 as v. 18 of The Economics of national security. ; Bibliography: p. 125. ; Mode of access: Internet.

This research note reports on a study that examined the psychological strains among migrant workers in China, and the potential negative life impact of these strains. It was hypothesized that psychological strains, resulting from social and psychological conflicts (value strain, aspiration strain, deprivation strain and coping strain), would be associated with greater psychological distress. Most of the sampled migrant workers experienced at least one of four types of strain. Independently, greater levels of all four types of strain were related to elevated self-reported psychological distress. Regression analyses showed that coping strain was the strongest predictor of psychological distress, whereas deprivation strain was not predictive when other types of strain were simultaneously considered. It is concluded that further research regarding the combined impact of social and personal factors in impacting both healthy and unhealthy psychological outcomes within the population of migrant workers in China is needed.