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International Series in Social Psychology

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Rival Truths

Common Sense and Social Psychological Explanations in Health and Illness

By Lindsay S. Claire

It is common sense that our survival as individuals depends on the survival of our physical bodies. However, common sense has been medicalised. Terms such…

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2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-18858-6 (Psychology Press)

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Language in Action

Psychological Models of Conversation

By William Turnbull

Face-to-face conversation between two or more people is a universal form, and perhaps the basic form, of social interaction. It is the primary site of…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-19868-4 (Routledge)

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Personal Relationships Across the Lifespan

By Patricia Noller, Judith A. Feeney, Candida Peterson

Personal Relationships Across the Lifespan presents a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the role of personal relationships in people's lives.
Highlighting areas of special significance…

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2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-18648-3 (Routledge)

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The Economic Psychology of Everyday Life

By Paul Webley, Carole Burgoyne, Stephen E.G Lea, Brian Young

From childhood through to adulthood, retirement and finally death, The Economic Psychology of Everyday Life uniquely explores the economic problems all individuals have to solve…

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2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-18861-6 (Psychology Press)

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Understanding the Older Consumer

The Grey Market

By Barrie Gunter

There are more people over 50 than ever before, with numbers likely to continue to rise. They are wealthier, healthier and happier than our old

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1998 | Paperback: 978-0-415-18644-5 (Routledge)

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Adjustment of Adolescents

Cross-Cultural Similarities and Differences

By W. A. Scott, William Scott

1998 | Paperback: 978-0-415-18533-2 (Routledge)

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Children as Consumers

A Psychological Analysis of the Young People's Market

By Adrian Furnham, Barrie Gunter

The children's and teenagers' market has become increasingly significant as young people have become more affluent and have an ever growing disposable income. Children as

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1998 | Paperback: 978-0-415-18535-6 (Routledge)

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Making Sense of Television

The Psychology of Audience Interpretation

By Sonia Livingstone

Taking the soap opera as a case study, this book explores the 'parasocial interaction' people engage in with television programmes. It looks at the nature…

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1998 | Paperback: 978-0-415-18536-3 (Routledge)

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The Theory of Reasoned Action

Its application to AIDS-Preventive Behaviour

Edited by Cynthia Gallois, Malcolm McCamish, Deborah Terry

The Theory of reasoned action explores the theory and emphirical reserach in to the factors which influence whether people engage in high-risk practices , with…

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1994 | Hardback: 978-0-08-041932-9 (Garland Science)

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