TY  - BOOK
AU  - Buunk,Bram
AU  - Van Vugt,Mark
TI  - Applying social psychology: from problems to solutions 
SN  - 9781446249079
U1  - 302 
KW  - Social psychology
KW  - Society
N1  - Previous edition: 2007; Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-171) and index; Machine generated contents note: 1.Applying Social Psychology -- Example of the Application of Social Psychological Theories -- Other Relevant Decisions -- Applying Social Psychology: The PATH from Problem to Intervention -- Problems with Applying Theories -- Conclusion -- 2.The Problem Phase: From A Problem To A Problem Definition -- Introduction -- Key Questions for a Problem Definition -- Research for a Problem Definition -- Completing the Problem Definition -- 3.The Analysis Phase: Finding Theory-Based Explanations For Problems -- Introduction -- Specifying the Outcome Variable -- Requirements for the Outcome Variable -- The Divergent Phase: Generating Explanations -- Theoretical Approaches under Investigation: The Case of Safe Sex Promotion -- The Convergent Phase: Reducing the Number of Explanations -- 4.The Test Phase: Developing And Testing The Process Model -- Introduction -- Formulating a Process Model -- Heuristics for Developing a Process Model; Note continued: Testing the Process Model -- Doing Your Own Research -- 5.The Help Phase: Developing The Intervention -- Introduction -- Preparing Intervention Development -- Developing the Intervention -- Building the Intervention Programme -- Implementation of the Intervention
N2  - This is a highly practical text, which can be used by introductory and advanced level students who want to learn how to analyse practical problems and develop solutions based upon social psychological theory and research
ER  -