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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 the Environment
Applying Social Psychology to the Environment
“A California student linked to a radical environmentalist group is being held without bail as he faces charges for allegedly firebombing 125 sport utility vehicles [SUVs] last August [2003]. . . . Human life is risked by the nature of these offences,” U.S. Magistrate Carolyn Turchin said during a hearing as she decided not to release 23-year-old Billy Cottrell.
The Pasadena, California, man was arrested on March 9, 2004, and accused of damaging or destroying vehicles at car dealerships and homes in the Los Angeles area. The bill for the property damage was an estimated $2.3 million. At the time, Cottrell was a second-year graduate student in physics at ...
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