The State of Social Psychology: Issues, Themes, and Controversies

Abstract

Foreword - Kenneth J Gergen Preface - Mark A Leary PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES Social Psychology and How to Revitalize It - Bibb Latane The Evolution and Impact of Topics in the Mainstream of Social Psychological Research - Steven Prentice-Dunn Trends in Social Psychological Research - Debra Moehle McCallum and Richard McCallum A Figure-Ground Phenomenon Self-Disclosure - Valerian J Derlega Inside or Outside the Mainstream of Social Psychological Research? The Interactive Perspective - Cecilia H Solano Getting the Social Back into Social Psychology Myopic Social Psychology - David J Senn An Overemphasis on Individualistic Explanations of Social Behavior A Contextualist Approach to the Tension Between Intrapsychic and Impression Management Models of Behavior - Danny Axsom Social Psychology's Three Little Pigs - Donelson R Forsyth PART TWO: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND OTHER FIELDS Opening a Dialogue Between Social and Developmental Psychology - Tedra A Walden Social and Industrial/Organizational Psychologists - Garnett S Stokes Friends or Foes? Social-Clinical-Counseling Integration Indigestion - James E Maddux How do you Spell `Relief'? PART THREE: THE ROLES OF THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIST Roles and Respectability in Social Psychology - Elaine C Nocks Teachers Who Research Versus Researchers Who Teach - Ann Weber A System for Balancing Departmental Teaching and Research - Mark R Leary and John E Williams The State of Social Psychology - Clyde Hendrick An Opinion