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This student-friendly introduction to the field focuses on understanding social and practical problems and developing intervention strategies to address them. Offering a balance of theory, research, and application, the updated Third Edition includes the latest research, as well as new, detailed examples of qualitative research throughout. The book begins with separate chapters that define the field, examine social psychological theory, review research methods, and consider the design and evaluation of interventions. Subsequent content chapters focus on the application of social psychological theory and knowledge to such areas as counseling, sports, media, health, education, organizations, criminal justice, community, environment, and diversity.
Applying Social Psychology to Health
Applying Social Psychology to Health
During the summer of 2002, the story of a New York man’s lawsuit against the fast-food industry for contributing to his obesity made newspaper headlines and was widely discussed on television news. The man, who was 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed roughly 270 pounds, had filed a lawsuit claiming that many of the major fast-food chains were guilty of false advertising because they were misleading about the nutritional value of their food. The man had been eating fast food several times a week for most of his life, and at 56 years of age he had a number of health problems ...
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