Social Psychology and Discourse.

Intro -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- What is Social Psychology? -- The nature of social psychology -- Related disciplines -- Social psychology as a science -- Social psychology: Its methods and data -- Qualitative data -- What is Discourse? -- The nature of discourse -- Conversation analysis (CA) -- Discourse analysis (DA) -- Critical discourse analysis (CDA) -- Foucauldian discourse analysis (FDA) -- Discursive psychology (DP) -- Rhetorical psychology -- Narrative analysis -- Other forms of qualitative study -- Summary -- A Note on Ethics -- About this Book -- Appendix: A Note on Transcription -- Chapter 2 Self and Identity -- Identities in Context -- Conversational identities -- Identities in culture -- National Identities -- Nations and time -- Nations and place -- Other community identities -- Social Groups -- Gendered identities -- Masculine identities -- Feminine identities -- Ethnic groups -- Virtual Identities -- Resisting Identities -- Selves in Action -- Chapter 3 Groups -- The Impact of Groups -- Groups and social representations -- Groups, self, and others -- Summary -- Group Cohesion -- Summary -- Group Structure -- Homogeneity and heterogeneity -- Roles within the group -- Summary -- Group Function -- Group norms -- Group tasks -- Summary -- Chapter 4 Attraction and Relationships -- Attraction -- Achieving attraction -- Sexual attraction and desire -- Partnership and Marriage -- Marriage -- Partnerships -- Being single -- Parenthood -- Parenting in families -- Parenting and society -- Family Relationships -- Collaborative competence -- Family dynamics -- Caring in families -- Peers and Friends -- Collaboration among peers -- Teasing and exclusion -- Troubles and Breaking Up -- Neighbor disputes -- Family and relationship troubles -- Chapter 5 Social Cognition -- Knowledge of Others and Mental States.

Knowing and mental models -- Not knowing and the sequential structure of conversation -- Knowing and not knowing: Beyond cognitive states -- Social Memory -- Impression Management -- Attributions -- Categorization -- Chapter 6 Attitudes and Persuasion -- Attitudes -- Attitudes and control -- Constructing attitudes and evaluative practices -- Persuasion -- Persuasion and ideology -- Mundane persuasion in everyday talk -- Chapter 7 Prejudice -- Prejudice and Discourse -- Race -- Constructing "the other" -- Managing the self -- Racist talk in context -- What the papers say -- Sex -- Sexism -- Heterosexism -- Chapter 8 Dispute and Aggression -- Disputes in Talk -- Agreeing to disagree: The usefulness of disagreement -- Disagreement and dispute: Power and participants' orientations -- Summary -- Accounting for Aggression -- Aggressors' accounts -- Others' accounts -- Summary -- Disguising Aggression -- Denials -- Making aggression invisible -- Summary -- Chapter 9 Social Psychology, Law, and Order -- Police Investigations -- Police interviews -- Police calls -- Lawyers in the Courtroom -- The role of the lawyer in cross-examination -- The role of the lawyer in direct examination -- Witnesses in the Courtroom -- Witness testimony -- The "expert" witness -- The Role of the Judge -- Treatment of Offenders -- Chapter 10 Social Psychology and Health -- What is Health? -- The ideology of health -- Being ill -- Health and gender -- Professional expertise -- Coping and Support -- Coping as an individual -- Support groups -- Professional/Patient Encounters -- Assessments -- Formulations -- Diagnoses -- Health Behaviors and Change -- Health and individual behavior -- Health in the community -- Chapter 11 Social Psychology and Organizations -- Talk and Organizations -- Institutional talk -- Organizations and culture -- Behavior at Work -- Working relationships.

Working activities -- Leadership and Decision-Making -- Employment and Non-Employment -- Career choices -- Employment difficulties -- Organizations and Society -- Organizations and change -- Dealing with clients/customers -- Learning about organizations -- Chapter 12 Debates Within the Discursive Tradition -- The "External Context" Debate -- Conversation analysis -- Critical discourse analysis -- External contexts -- Summary -- The "Membership Categorization Analysis" Debate -- Membership categorization analysis and "sequential" conversation analysis -- Membership categorization analysis and warranting claims -- Summary -- The "Social Constructionism" Debate -- Covert realism -- Disappearance of the person -- Reflexivity -- Summary -- Chapter 13 Social Psychology in the Twenty-First Century -- Arguments for Research Independence -- Philosophical differences between discursive and experimental research -- Methodological differences between discursive and experimental research -- Arguments for Research Integration -- Rethinking philosophical differences -- Rethinking methodological differences -- The Future of Social Psychology -- Glossary -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

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