Psychology and Social Policy

ISBN-13: 9781560320630 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 408 str.

Peter Suedfeld;Peter Tetlock;Peter Suedfeld

Opis

This book examines the participation of psychology as a science and profession, and psychologists as scientists and professionals, in debates about social policy planning. The test is divided into three major areas - international issues, domestic policies, and criminal justice - which are themselves comprised of several topics. Each topic is discussed in two chapters by authors who hold opposing viewpoints as to the validity of that subject's existing scientific data.

Spis treści

Psychologists as Policy Advocates: The Roots of Controversy, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND FOREIGN POLICY, Topic: How Should Policy Makers Think? Topic: Nuclear Policy, Topic: Fear o f Nuclear War: How Real Is It? II DOMESTIC POLICY, Topic: Affirmative Action, Topic: Pornography in the Mass Media, Topic: Depiction o f Violence on Television, Topic: Eyewitness Testimony, Topic: The Uses o f Polygraphy, Topic: The Effects o f Imprisonment, Index.

O autorze

Peter Suedfeld is dean emeritus of graduate studies and professor emeritus of psychology at the University of British Columbia. His research deals with how humans adapt and cope with stress, challenge, danger, and novelty. He is the author of numerous book chapters and articles and some of his books include Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Theoretical and-Empirical Developments in Flotation REST, Psychology and Social Policy, and Light from the Ashes: Social Science Careers of Young Holocaust Survivors and Refugees.