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Social Psychology: Philosophical and Theoretical Issues deals with the development of ideas, and how these ideas can qualify other findings. The book reviews the philosophical and theoretical issues involved in social psychology such as its goals and its scientific relevance. The text also examines the knowledge of psychology today, especially the content validity as many errors have influenced the historical development of the science. The book then discusses the testing approach to theories through testing hypotheses, manipulating then measuring variables, experimental studies, quasi-experim

"This book traces the growth of personality from its biological foundations in the individual organism through its symbolic acquisitions and extensions. Next, it follows with an analysis of the personality in cross section and in its various forms and aspects. It ends, finally, with a functional account of the social situation out of which personality develops. Broad topics include the nature of the individual and of society, the process of socialization, the human personality, personality and social adjustment, and social interaction." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- PART ONE: TEXTS AND RHETORIC -- 1 PREFACING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE -- 2 CRISIS WHAT CRISIS? DISCOURSES AND NARRATIVES OF THE 'SOCIAL' IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY -- 3 RHETORIC OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY -- 4 THE RHETORIC OF PSEUDOSCIENCE -- 5 'I GOTTA USE WORDS WHEN I TALK TO YOU': DECONSTRUCTING THE THEORY OF COMMUNICATION -- PART TWO: POWER AND SCIENCE -- 6 THE ABSTRACTION AND REPRESENTATION OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY -- 7 PSYCHOLOGY AS A 'SOCIAL' SCIENCE -- 8 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL CONTROL -- 9 ALL HAIL THE GREAT ABSTRACTION: STAR WARS AND THE POLITICS OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY -- 10 WHAT'S POWER GOT TO DO WITH IT? EMPOWERMENT AND SOCIAL RESEARCH -- PART THREE: SUBJECTIVITY AND INDIVIDUALITY -- 11 SOCIAL INDIVIDUALITY VERSUS POSSESSIVE INDIVIDUALISM: THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE -- 12 INTERGROUP THEORY AND DECONSTRUCTION -- 13 RESEARCHING PSYCHOTHERAPY IN BRITAIN: THE LIMITS OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH -- 14 PSYCHOANALYTIC FEMINISM: DECONSTRUCTING POWER IN THEORY AND THERAPY -- 15 DIFFERING WITH DECONSTRUCTION: A FEMINIST CRITIQUE -- References -- Index.