Theory and Social Psychology

Roger Sapsford is Reader in Social Research at the University of Teesside. Margaret Wetherell is Professor of Social Psychology at the Open University, UK and Director of the Economic and Social Research Council Programme on Identities and Social Action.

PART ONE: NATURE AND ORIGINS Defining Social Psychology - Margaret Wetherell Historical Origins of Social Psychology - Arthur Still PART TWO: MAKING SENSE OF DIVERSITY Dimensions for Distinguishing between Theories in Social Psychology - Richard Stevens Domains of Analysis - Roger Sapsford Trimodal Theory as a Model for Interrelating Perspectives in Psychology - Richard Stevens Theories of Meaning - Arthur Still Realism and Relativism - Margaret Wetherell and Arthur Still Forms of Life - David Devalle Science and Social Psychology Evidence - Roger Sapsford PART THREE: APPLYING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Using Social Psychology - Jeannette Murphy Resisting Social Psychology - Roger Sapsford and Rudi Dallos

`Could certainly be used as a stand-alone text. Aimed primarily at advanced undergraduates, it could also be read by others who may be prompted to identify yet further dimensions with which to map contemporary social psychology and define their position in relation to others' - The Psychologist