Human Behavior and Public Policy
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Human Behavior and Public Policy

A Political Psychology

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Human Behavior and Public Policy

A Political Psychology

About this book

Human Behavior and Public Policy: A Political Psychology examines knowledge about human behavior and its application to public policy analysis. It shows that the findings of psychological research provide information on how to better understand social problems and formulate and implement policies for the solution of such problems. Organized into nine chapters, the book first discusses how psychology can be used to shape society into a better home and then presents three models for political psychology. The next chapters deal with intellectual capacities, educability, and prejudice and discrimination in different groups of people. The book also explores violence and intergroup conflict resolutions and concludes with a proposal for a research design that serves as an example of political-psychological planning. Academic psychologists who teach interdisciplinary social sciences and courses concerned with public affairs will find this book invaluable.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Human Behavior and Public Policy: A Political Psychology
  3. Copyright page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. About the Author
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Chapter 1. Psychology's real-world relevance
  9. Chapter 2. Applying psychology to public policy analysis: Three alternative models
  10. Chapter 3. The intellectual capacities of human groups
  11. Chapter 4. Compensatory education: Can we better educate those who need it most?
  12. Chapter 5. Intergroup relations: The psychology of prejudice and discrimination
  13. Chapter 6. On relations between the sexes1
  14. Chapter 7. The etiology and control of violent behavior
  15. Chapter 8. Psychological contributions to the search for a warless world
  16. Chapter 9. A design for research: Political psychology's unfinished business
  17. References
  18. Author Index
  19. Subject Index
  20. TITLES IN THE PERGAMON GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY SERIES (Continued)