Psychology and Social Policy

Part 1 International relations and foreign policy: cognitive complexity in international decision making, I.L. Janis and L. Mann psychological advice about political decision making - heuristics, biases, and cognitive defects, P. Suefeld and P. Tetlock nuclear policies - deterrence and reassurance, R.K. White nuclear crisis psychologies - still "crazy" and still irrelevant after all these years, J.G. Blight fear of nuclear war - "When I Grow Up, I Want To Be an Old Woman", L. McClenney the great nuclear terror bubble - a memoir, J.B. Adelson. Part 2 Domestic policy: overcoming resistance to affirmative action in industry - a social psychological perspective, H. Jordan Hannington and N. Miller affirmative action - social policy as Shibboleth, W.R. Beer civil liberties and research on the effects of pornography, D. Linz, et al pornography research, social advocacy, and public policy, D. Zillmann television violence and aggression - what psychologists should tell the public, J.L. Freedman the effects of television violence in aggression - a reply to a sceptic, L. Rowell Huesmann, et al the weapons effect revisited - the effects of firearms on aggressive behaviour, C.W. Turner and J. Leyens research and policy - the case of gun control, H. Toch and A.J. Lizotte. Part 3 The criminal justice system: tipping the scales toward death - the biasing effects of death qualification, R. Mauro on the alleged prosecution-proness of death qualified jurors and juries, R. Elliot judgement judgement and memory - the role of expert psychological testimony on eyewitness accuracy, J. Goodman and E.F. Loftus expert psychological testimony on eyewitness reliability - selling psychology before its time, J. McKenna, et al polygraphy techniques - history, controversies, and prospects, J.C. Kircher and D.C. Raskin controversy - the fight-or-flight response in homoscientificus, D.T. Lykken the effects of prison confinement, P.B. Paulus coping with prison, J. Bonta and P. Gendreau.