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The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Social Psychology

Critical Social Psychologies: Mapping the Terrain Critical Perspectives Critical Methodologies Rethinking Social Cognition Social Identities/Relations/Conflicts Critical Applications References II Critical Perspectives Feminisms, Psychologies, and the Study of Social Life Feminisms: Political Ideology, Social Movements, Academic Discipline Feminisms in the Academy Feminisms in Psychology Androcentrism in Psychology Individualism in Culture and Psychology Configuring the Individual in Social Psychology Configuring the Social in Social Psychology Universal Explanations Versus Situated Understandings On the Search for Male-Female Differences Feminist Developments Summary Key References References Marxism as a Foundation for Critical Social Psychology Orthodox Social Psychology Commodity Fetishism Ideology and Class The Future of an Objective Illusion Summary Key References References Social Constructionism Key Features of Social Constructionism Language Cultural and Historical Specificity Discourse and Disciplinary Power Power Relations Relativism Critique of Mainstream Social Psychology Social Constructionist Research Sexual Harassment Paranormal Experiences Recent Trends in Social Constructionism Summary Key References References The Radical Implications of Psychoanalysis for a Critical Social Psychology Psychoanalytic Orthodoxy: The Problem of/with the Ego The Radical Implications of Unconscious Alterity and Its Roots in the Sexual Key References References Queer Theory Introduction to the Meanings of 'Queer'Queer Theory as a Critique of Mainstream Social Psychology Theory and Research Presentation of Critical Alternatives Offered by Queer Theory Application of Critical Perspectives/Methods to 'Real Life' Situations Current Trends Summary Key References References Critical Race Studies in Psychology Critical Race Theory Core Ideas Critical Race Perspectives in Psychology Identity-Conscious Approaches Critical Disciplinary Approaches Critical Race Psychology Applications The Bodily The Material The Institutional Globalizing Critical Race Studies in Psychology Concluding Summary Key References References Psychology of Liberation Revised (A Critique of Critique)The Beginnings From Critical Psychology to Liberation Psychology Liberation as a Paradigm What Is Being Done in LP Conclusion Key References References III Critical Methodologies Phenomenology Fundamentals of Phenomenology Intentionality Noema and Noesis Three Structures: Analysing Part and Whole Epoche and the Psychological Phenomenological Reduction Eidetic Intuition Empirical Traditions in Phenomenological Psychology Phenomenology as a 'Critical' Methodology The Need for Description Giving Voice Power and Politics Applying Critical Phenomenological Methods Conclusion Key References References Narrative Social Psychology Some History Narrative and Identity Narrative and Social Action Collecting Stories Analysing Stories Summary Key References References Discourse Analysis DA's Critical Roots The Emergence of DA in Psychology Critical Discourse Analysis Discourse as a Coherent Meaning System Current Trends: Discourse Analysis Now Core Principles in Discourse Analysis Discourse Is Constitutive Discourse Is Functional Discursive Resources and Practices Discourse and Identity DA in Action: Justifying Discrimination Extract: ABC Q&A (ABC, 2010)Summary Key References References Psychosocial Research Critique of Mainstream Social Psychology Theory and Research Presentation of Critical Alternatives Applied Psychosocial Research Current Trends in Psychosocial Research Summary Key References References Innovations in Qualitative Methods Key Concepts: Out with the Old...Interviews and Focus Groups as Online Methods 'Pluralism' in Qualitative Data Collection Key Concepts: From Quantitative to Qualitative Reclaiming the Survey as a Qualitative Research Tool The Exciting Qualitative Potential of Story Completion Key Research: Methods in Practice Using Visual-Spatial Methods in Focus Groups to Understand Youth Experience of Regulated Public Spaces Using Qualitative Surveys for Sensitive Sex Research Using Story Completion to Understand the Contextual Nuances of Imagined Infidelity Conclusion Summary Key References References IV Rethinking Social Cognition Attitudes and Attributions Mainstream Approaches to Attitudes and Attributions Attitudes and Problems Attributions and Biases Assumptions in Mainstream Approaches Critical Approaches to Attitudes and Attributions Evaluations Reconsidered Attributions and Actions Attitudes and Attributions in Action Evaluations in Context Explaining Actions Current Trends Summary Key References References Social Influence Compliance Conformity Obedience Criticisms Conformity Bias Individualistic Bias The Limits of Experimentation Discourse, Rhetoric and Social Influence A Rhetorical Approach to Milgram's 'Obedience' Experiments Social Influence in a Livery Yard Identifying Social Influence in Talk: The Conversational Context The Temporal Context of Influence Conclusion Key References References Prejudice History Traditional Approaches Prejudice as Faulty Thinking Prejudice as a Personality Trait Prejudice and Group Membership Critical Approaches Leading Edge Research The Targets of Racism Accounting for Racism Resisting Racism Reducing Racism Forced Discrimination: Selecting Housemates and Intimate Prejudice Conclusion Key References References Prosocial Behaviour Limitations of Mainstream Social Psychological Theories of Prosocial Behaviour The Perils of De-Contextualisation, Essentialism and Reductionism Towards a Critical Prosocial Research Project Summary Key References References Relationships: From Social Cognition to Critical Social A Critique of Mainstream Approaches (1): The Unexamined Pre-Assumptions of Cognitive Social Psychology A Critique of Mainstream Approaches (2): The Cognitive Social Psychology of Love and Relationships Critical Approaches (1): The Assumptions of a Critical Social Psychology Critical Approaches (2): The Critical Social Psychology of Love and Relationships Conclusion and Summary: 'Real-Life' Implications References V Social Identities/Relations/Conflicts The Self The Self and Mainstream Social Psychology A Proliferation of Self-Related Constructs The Self as Social Categoriser Dualist and Essentialist Theories of the Self Critical Approaches to the Self Constructing the Self Constructing an Inner Self Constructing a Self as Known Criticising Others The Self in Discourse Current Trends Conclusion Key References References Gender Gender as Something We Are: Critiques of Mainstream Social Psychology Doing Gender: Alternative Critical Perspectives One of the Boys Girl Power: Running the World Applying Critical Perspectives Current Trends Summary Key References References Sexual Identities and Practices The Big Three: Neuroanatomy, Hormones and Genes Sociobiological Accounts: Reproduction and Investment The Discipline of Sexology Non-Biological Accounts of Sexuality Constructing a Critical/Feminist/Queer Social Psychology of Sexualities Summary Key References References Critical Approaches to Race Defining Race Critique of the Mainstream Use of 'Race' in Social Psychology A Lack of a Biological Basis for Race as a Variable Problems Associated with Category Use in Social Psychology Reproducing Existing, Problematic Categories of Race Alternatives to Treating Race as a Category Self-Categorisation Theory and the Function of Race Talk Discursive Psychology and the Function of Race Talk Applications to Real Life Race and the Human Genome Project Race and the British National Party Current Trends—Criticisms of Accusations of Racism Summary Key References References Towards a Critical Social Psychology of Social Class Mainstream Social Psychological Accounts of Social Class Critical Social Psychological Approaches to Social Class Applying Critical Perspectives on Class Current Trends Summary Key References References Critical Disability Studies Introduction: Definitions and Signposting The Human Subject of Psychology and Disability Studies A DisHuman Perspective: A Resource for Critical Psychology Applying the DisHuman: A Community Psychology Project An Enlarged Voice Expanding Autonomy Distributing Competence Conclusion Key References References Intersectionality: An Underutilized but Essential Theoretical Framework for Social Psychology Police Brutality in the News: An Introduction to Intersectionality Intersectionality 101: A Brief Historical Overview Thinking About Social Psychology Intersectionally Current Trends in Intersectionality Research in Social Psychology Toward a More Intersectional Social Psychology Key References References VI Critical Applications Critical Health Psychology The Development of Health Psychology A Critical Approach Critical Health Psychology Trends and Applications Experiences of Health and Illness Marginalised and Vulnerable Populations Community Health Psychology and Interventions The Arts in Health Psychology Dominant Cultural Meanings of Health and Illness: The Media and New Technologies Key Social Processes and Institutional Forces in Health and Illness Summary Key References References Critical Clinical Psychology Introduction and Definitions What Is Clinical Psychology?What Is a Critical Clinical Psychologist?Critique of Mainstream Clinical Psychology Science Therapy Beyond Diagnosis and Social Context Summary Critical Alternatives Social Constructionism and Dialogism Social-Materialism Summary of Critical Alternatives Application of Critical Perspectives/Methods Context Working Critically at an Individual Level Opening Up Space for Dissenting Ideas Group Work Community Projects, Social Action and Politics Current Trends Summary Key References References Educational Psychology in (Times of) Crisis: Psycho-Politics and the Governance of Poverty What is Educational Psychology?The Social and Political Context of Educational Psychology in the UK The Politics of Psychologisation The Psychopolitics of Educational Psychology The Psychic Life of Austerity 'It's a Council House Kid': Poverty-Related Stigmatisation Conclusion Key References References Critical Organisational Psychology Critical Organisational Psychology Subjectivity Social Identity Theory Critical Alternatives Labour Process Theory Global Workplace Technologies Critical Organisational Psychology: Workplace Applications Current Trends Positive Psychology Critical Management Studies Summary Key References References Environment: Critical Social Psychology in the Anthropocene Ecological Crisis The Psychology of Ecological Crisis Foregrounding 'The Social'Why Critical Social Psychology?Critical Alternatives Other Possibilities Acknowledging Contingency Conclusion Key References References

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