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Social Influence Paper Free Online: Status Quo Framing Increases Support for Torture
Social Influence's new Editor-Elect for 2009, Kipling D. Williams (Purdue University, USA), has asked us to make this timely and important article free online as an illustration of the kind of paper we can expect to see in the journal under his tenure.
In the article Chris Crandall and his co-authors tested how the practice of torture of prisoners of war or criminal suspects can be characterized to enhance its acceptability.
Their findings are potentially controversial and explosive, drawing attention to the way in which people's views can be unconsciously coerced to provide more 'desirable' responses, even on emotive, relevant and resonant issues, by deliberately framing the mode of questioning.
read the full article Status Quo Framing Increases Support for Torture
New textbook: Religious Fundamentalism: Global, Local and Personal
How does a religious fundamentalist come to embrace a counter-cultural world view?
Fundamentalism is a type of belief system; it is a social phenomenon; it is a cultural product; and it is a global phenomenon.
This new book deals with all of these four levels of analysis, uniquely combining sociological and psychological perspectives, and relating them to each other. Each chapter is followed by a lengthy case study, ranging from a close textual analysis of President George W. Bush’s second inaugural speech through to a treatment of al-Qaida as a global media event.
find out more about Religious Fundamentalism / order online
Psychology Press gain respected FSC Chain-of-Custody
Psychology Press has been awarded the highly respected Chain of Custody Certification in accordance with the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
The award applies to our three UK sites where books and journals by Psychology Press are produced. The Taylor & Francis Group - of which Psychology Press is a part - is believed to be the first academic publisher in the UK to gain this globally recognised certification.
The Chain-of-Custody shows the businesses comply with the highest social and environmental practices, supporting the world's forests and timber resources. The FSC supports forests, ensuring they are conserved for future generations. It tracks certified material from the forest through the production process all the way to the point of sale.
The FSC is a non-profit organisation founded in 1993 and key supporters include Greenpeace, World Wildlife Fund, many indigenous peoples' organisations, timber traders and retailers and members of printing industries worldwide.
International Journal of Psychology Special Section Issues Now Available for Individual Purchase
Since 2007 the IJP has been publishing Special Section Issues - editions of the journal where a number of articles cover a single subject or respond to a lead paper, alongside the usual varied journal content of unrelated original articles.
So far, the subjects covered are:
- Culture and Human Development
- New Research on Acculturation among Diaspora Migrants
- Agency and Human Development in Times of Social Change
- Implicit Representationss and Personality
- Psychological Research in Berlin, the Host City of ICP 2008 (This issue is also available for free online download here.)
Due to the fact that these Special Section issues are likely to be of particular interest to researchers in those specific areas, we have decided to make the print editions available to buy on an individual basis, without need for a personal or institutional subscription.
These issues can be purchased online here
Social Influence has new editor
Psychology Press are very pleased to announce the arrival of a new editor at the journal Social Influence.
Kipling D. Williams' (Purdue University, USA) initial editorial announcement is available to all for free download.
With a career in Social Psychology that stretches over four decades, and research interests as diverse as ostracism, social loafing and social compensation, stealing thunder, Internet research, and psychology & law, Dr. Williams brings a new focus to Social Influence, which will now only consider reports with a maximum of 5000 words. This word limit excludes the abstract (which should be less than 120 words), the title, table and figure text, and references.
For full instructions on how to submit your paper, go to the journal's website
New Free Shipping Levels for UK, US and Canadian orders
We've lowered the amount you have to spend to get free shipping for orders in the UK and we've introduced a brand new free shipping threshold for customers in the US and Canada.
From now on, UK customers only need to spend £20 to qualify for free shipping (reduced from our previous post-free threshold of £30).
And US and Canadian customers can now also get free shipping on their orders by spending $35 (USD) or more.
Please note: these free shipping thresholds only apply to online orders placed through this website using our standard shipping service, not our express shipping service or for orders placed by other methods.
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Social Psychology, 3rd Edition
New from Psychology Press
by Eliot R. Smith and Diane M. Mackie
Social Psychology, 3rd Edition provides the only conceptually integrated undergraduate introduction to social psychology, offering a clear synthesis of the cognitive and social, and individual and group influences that shape social behavior.
This new edition is supported by an extensive online Social Psychology Student Learning Program (SocSLP) and CD-ROM based Instructor Resources, both of which are free of charge to qualifying adopters.
The free Student Learning Program is now available!
The Social Psychology New Titles Catalogue 2008 is now available.
Truth, Lies and Trust on the Internet
Sex Differences
