Browsing Psychology and Sociology by Research Centre "Centre for Applied Social Sciences"
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Children’s social appraisal of exclusion in friendship groups
(Springer, 2019-05-16)Previous research has shown that group processes are particularly pertinent to children’s bullying, and who they socially exclude and include. This paper looks at how children’s responses to social exclusion change according ... -
Ethnography and modern languages
(Liverpool University Press, 2019-01-07)While rarely explicitly recognized in our disciplinary frameworks, the openness and curiosity on which Modern Languages in the UK is founded are, in many ways, ethnographic impulses. Ethnographic theories and practices can ... -
Adolescence: Traditional bullying
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2019)This entry gives a brief overview of the field of traditional bullying in adolescence, reviewing research internationally on the topic, to outline our current understanding of the problem. The entry begins by defining ... -
British Muslims’ discourse of belonging and conflict
(Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines, 2019)According to the 2011 UK Census, Muslims form the second largest religious community in Britain. The relationship of this community to British society more generally has come under much scrutiny. The current study focused ... -
Leadership perception in candidate faces: Scotland’s unionists prefer dominant leaders, and so do nationalists – but only if they are economic pessimists
(Edinburgh University Press, 2019)Voters rely on many cues to make decisions about who to vote for, and the appearance of a potential leader can play an important part in this decision-making process. When choosing leaders, it is thought that voters make ... -
Social innovation and metagovernance of welfare policies
(FrancoAngeli, 2019)The birth of welfare states in Europe was accompanied by the adoption of governance models typical of public planning. The crisis of welfare state and the development of welfare mix have evidenced the difficult to govern ... -
Understanding the weapon focus effect: The role of threat, unusualness, exposure duration, and scene complexity
(Wiley, 2018-12-21)We examined the role of exposure duration and scene complexity on the weapon focus effect (WFE). Memory for the mock crime was affected more by a weapon than an unusual but nonthreatening object. Threat reduced correct ... -
Alternative facts are not facts: Gaffe-announcements, the Trump administration and the media
(Sage, 2018-12-20)Gaffes are actions or events that are treated as problematic in subsequent news coverage through the production of what we term here ‘gaffe-announcements’. In an analysis of news media interviews conducted with members of ... -
Toying with inclusivity (Christmas 2018: Equal to the Task)
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-12-12)Even with the advent of electronic games, toys remain an integral element of the Christmas experience. The centrality of toys to the childhood experience since ancient times has had relatively little impact on the biomedical ... -
Examining how lineup practices of Canadian and U.S. police officers adhere to their national best practice recommendations
(2018-11-25)Canadian (N = 117) and U.S. (N = 167) police officers completed a survey about their lineup construction and administration practices. We compared their responses to national policy recommendations in both countries, which ... -
What (and who) works in widening participation? Supporting direct entrant student transitions to higher education
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-11-09)This article considers support programmes for direct entrant (DE) student transitions as a widening participation strategy. We reflect upon one induction and support project with 27 students transitioning from further ... -
Art making and its interface with dissociative identity disorder: No words that didn’t fit
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-08-21)Studies point to promising developments in expressive arts therapy work with clients who experience dissociation as one of a constellation of symptoms of trauma. Individuals diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder, ... -
Meaning and methodology: An introduction to ethnography with Professor Marion Demossier and Dr Margaret Hills de Zárate
(University of Warwick, 2018-06-07)Addressing scholars new to ethnography in an interdisciplinary perspective, Prof. Marion Demossier and Dr. Margaret Hills de Zárate offer some reflections on the broader opportunities and implications of ethnographic ... -
Visuospatial bootstrapping: binding useful visuospatial information during verbal working memory encoding does not require set-shifting executive resources.
(Sage, 2018-05-07)Immediate serial recall of digits is better when the digits are shown by highlighting them in a familiar array, such as a phone keypad, compared to presenting them serially in a single location; a pattern referred to as ... -
Attachment insecurity and dispositional aggression: The mediating role of maladaptive anger regulation
(Sage, 2018-05-02)Attachment insecurity has been associated with dysfunctional strategies for emotion regulation, leading to inflexible or maladaptive responding. Currently, application of the attachment framework to anger is underspecified. ... -
Would it not be better to get someone out workin?': 'Safe prejudice' against Polish workers
(Wiley, 2018-03-25)One recurring criticism of immigrant groups is their alleged failure to be employed and contribute to the host society. Here we examine how speakers mobilise a criticism that has attracted less research attention: that ... -
Attitudes toward immigrants among the youth: Contact interventions to reduce prejudice in the school context
(Hogrefe Publishing, 2018-03-16)In recent years in our increasingly globalized world in many countries we have seen the rise of anti-immigrant feelings among the youth. This has resulted in both discrimination against immigrants and negative psychological ... -
Fly on the right: lateral preferences when choosing aircraft seats.
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-12-20)A small preference has been observed for people to choose seats on the left of aircraft when booking via an online system. Although this is consistent with pseudoneglect - the known leftward bias in perception and ... -
On the right track? Investigating the effect of path characteristics on visuospatial bootstrapping in verbal serial recall
(Ubiquity Press, 2017-12-08)Visuospatial bootstrapping (VSB) occurs when memory for verbal material is enhanced via association with meaningful visuospatial information. Sequences of digits are visually presented either in the center of the screen ... -
Art therapy and poverty: Examining practitioners’ experiences of working with children and young people in areas of multiple deprivation in West Central Scotland
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-11-21)Poverty can have a detrimental impact on the emotional well-being, educational attainment and future life chances of children and young people (CYP). It is known that poverty can also create several barriers to CYP and ...