Wiley-Blackwell Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Group Processes

This handbook provides an authoritative, up-to-date overview of the social psychology of group processes. The topics covered include group decisions, juries, group remembering, roles, status, leadership, social identity and group membership, socialization, group performance, negotiation and bargaining, emotion and mood, computer-mediated communication, organizations and mental health. Provides an authoritative, up-to-date overview of the social psychology of group processes. Written by leading researchers from around the world to provide a classic and current overview of research as well as providing a description of future trends within the area. Includes coverage of group decisions, juries, group remembering, roles, status, leadership, social identity and group membership, socialization, group performance, negotiation and bargaining, emotion and mood, computer-mediated communication, organizations and mental health. Essential reading for any serious scholar of group behavior. Now available in full text online via xreferplus, the award-winning reference library on the web from xrefer. For more information, visit www.xreferplus.com Review "This book convincingly shows how the study of groups, particularly the interface of inter-group and intra-group processes, implicates such cognitive and intra-personal foci as attitudes, prejudice, and social cognition. At last we have an integrated volume which returns social phenomena to the intersect of personal and inter-personal processes. This is, or should be, the essence of social psychology, and this volume articulately reminds us that we and our social context (not our cognitive processes alone) determine our behaviour." --Martin Kaplan, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of California From the Inside Flap This handbook provides an authoritative, up-to-date overview of the social psychology of group processes. The topics covered include group decisions, juries, group remembering, roles, status, leadership, social identity and group membership, socialization, group performance, negotiation and bargaining, emotion and mood, computer-mediated communication, organizations and mental health. 26 specially commissioned chapters offer unparalleled coverage of the whole field of group processes A carefully chosen team of authors from around the world ensures a truly international perspective Fully referenced chapters include bibliographies for easy access to further study This handbook is essential reading for upper-level students looking for succinct overviews and for researchers seeking an authoritative definition of the field which also indicates likely future trends. From the Back Cover This handbook provides an authoritative, up-to-date overview of the social psychology of group processes. The topics covered include group decisions, juries, group remembering, roles, status, leadership, social identity and group membership, socialization, group performance, negotiation and bargaining, emotion and mood, computer-mediated communication, organizations and mental health. 26 specially commissioned chapters offer unparalleled coverage of the whole field of group processes A carefully chosen team of authors from around the world ensures a truly international perspective Fully referenced chapters include bibliographies for easy access to further study This handbook is essential reading for upper-level students looking for succinct overviews and for researchers seeking an authoritative definition of the field which also indicates likely future trends. About the Author Michael A. Hogg is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Queensland where he is also Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences and Director of the Centre for Research on Group Processes. Scott Tindale is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Applied Social Psychology Program, Loyola University,