Revisiting the Classic Studies is a series of texts that introduces readers to the studies in psychology that changed the way we think about core topics in the discipline today. It provokes students to ask more interesting and challenging questions about the field by encouraging a deeper level of engagement both with the details of the studies themselves and with the nature of their contribution.
Edited by leading scholars in their field and written by researchers at the cutting edge of these developments, each book details the original works and their theoretical and empirical impact, and then discusses the ways in which thinking and research has advanced in the years since the studies were conducted.
Political Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies examines 17 influential studies that shaped how we understand political attitudes, identity, and behaviour. From Milgram to Sherif, each chapter explores the historical context, impact, and legacy of these works, showing how they continue to inform and challenge contemporary political psychology research.
Jolanda Jetten is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Queensland. She has an exceptional profile due to her research in the areas of social identity, social groups, and group dynamics, with a H-index of 97. She recently co-authored Sages Together apart: The psychology of COVID-19 (2020) and was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Association of Social Psychology in part for being an incredible woman whos been at the frontline for true social change against injustice...[and] for representing the people who have not had much space in academia so far (Tweet/X here). Hema Preya Selvanathan is a Lecturer in Social Psychology at the University of Queensland. She is a Malaysian ECR whose research has been published in leading journals including The Leadership Quarterly, Political Psychology, and British Journal of Social Psychology, with a particular focus on advancing the understanding of social change.
An Introduction to Classic Studies in Political Psychology - Hema Preya Selvanathan and Jolanda Jetten Part 1: Individual differences Chapter 1. Displaced Aggression: Expanding on Berkowitz and Knurek (1969) - Norman Miller, William C. Pedersen and Isabella Di Lauro Chapter 2. Polarisation - Charlie R. Crimson Chapter 3. From Doll Studies to Contemporary Notions of Racial Identity: Implications for Intergroup Relations and Wellbeing - Yasin Koc and Hakan Cakmak Chapter 4. Voting and political participation - Frank Mols and Jolanda Jetten Chapter 5. Ideology: Revisiting Converses Examination of Belief Systems in Mass Publics - Danny Osborne Part 2: Group processes and intergroup relations Chapter 6. Revisiting Kipniss Supervisor Experiment - S. Alexander Haslam and Stephen Reicher Chapter 7. Sherif: Intergroup Violence and Negative Attitudes - Kevin Durrheim and Yasemin Gulsum Acar Chapter 8. Collective Action: Revisiting Wright, Taylor and Moghaddams Responding to Disadvantaged Group Membership Study - Emma F. Thomas, Anna C. Barron and Lucy H. Bird Chapter 9. Residential Desegregation and Origins of the Contact Hypothesis: Revisiting Deutsch and Collins (1951) Psychological Evaluation of a Social Experiment in Interracial Housing - John Dixon, Jie Huang, and Stefania Paolini Chapter 10. Relative Deprivation: Building upon Walker and Manns (1987) Interviews with Unemployed Australians - Heather J. Smith and Stephanie McKee Chapter 11. Revisiting Milgrams obedience studies - Andrew G. Livingstone and Megan E. Birney Part 3: Societal level processes Chapter 12. The Rioting Crowds: Revisiting Reichers Study of the St. Pauls Riot - Sara Vestergren and Evangelos Ntontis Chapter 13. Collective Victimhood: Revisiting Kahana, Kahana, Harel and Segals Study on the Victim as Helper - Johanna Ray Volhardt Chapter 14. Lipsets Working-Class Authoritarianism - Jasper van Assche Chapter 15. Reflections on Racial Stereotypes of One Hundred College Students: Katz and Braly (1933) - Keith B. Maddox, Jordan Daley and Diane-Jo Bart-Plange Chapter 16. Gender Stereotypes and Social Roles: Revisiting the Classic Study of Alice Eagly and Valerie Steffen - Naomi Ellemers and Maike Waiper Chapter 17. Socio-Economic Status and Inequality - Matthew Easterbrook and Matthias Gobel
