Updates to Keith E Rice's www.integratedsociopsychology.net - psychological and sociological theory aligned and integrated, pratical applications and academic (A-Level) study. keith@integratedsociopsychology.net © 1999-2011 Keith E Rice The pages on Psychosocial Development in the Models section have been updated to use much more explicitly the frame of Erik Erikson's model to desribe how vMEMES might emerge in children. This then provides underpinning explanations for the shifts in behaviour Erikson describes. I see this as an important step in the embryonic development of Integrated SocioPsychology - though the mapping of models (which also includes Lawrence Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development) is far from complete. Debate in the Forum on this and how to take it further is most welcome. http://www.integratedsociopsychology.net/psychosocial_development.html 02 Jan 2011 14:47:51 GMT keith@integratedsociopsychology.net This latest feature in the Global section explores the detrimental effects on the developing world of Walt Rostow's Modernisation Theory and how Don Beck's Stratified Democracy concept offers a more organic route to development http://www.integratedsociopsychology.net/modernisation_theory.html 04 Jan 2011 18:27:04 GMT keith@integratedsociopsychology.net The latest Blog on www.integratedsociopsychology.net looks at the valdity of David Cameron's recent speech on the divisive nature of multiculturalism. From a sociopsychological perspective, it asks what is 'Britishness', considers how far a multi-ethnic society can be integrated and explores what needs to be done for young Muslims to become 'British' instead of 'radicalised'. http://integratedsociopsychology.net/blog/?p=912 08 Feb 2011 15:03:32 GMT keith@integratedsociopsychology.net 'The Northampton "supergran" and the issues she raises' is a sociopsychological consideration of the viral phenomenon that was 71-year-old Ann Timson's assault on a bunch of wanna be 'smash 'n' grab' scooter boys. Why did she do it? Why didn't others intervene? What made Ann's intervention so important to so many people around the world? These are the questions this Blog post attempts to answer. http://integratedsociopsychology.net/blog/?p=924 17 Feb 2011 23:12:45 GMT keith@integratedsociopsychology.net 'Well, are the Arabs ready for Democracy?' considers the tumultous events of the so-called 'Arab Spring' and asks if the brave revolutionaries in Tunis, Tahrir Square and braving the snipers and shelling in Misrata actually know what they want. It considers Arab history and the capacity for Arab culture to move from autocratic police states to Western-style democracies. http://integratedsociopsychology.net/blog/?p=979 11 Apr 2011 19:42:21 GMT keith@integratedsociopsychology.net The latest Blog on www.integratedsociopsychology.net looks at why David Cameron is having such difficulty in getting his 'Big Society' concept going. The Blog considers this against the background of the cuts and stories of further economic woe and whether the values Cameron endorses actually convey the message that is needed. http://integratedsociopsychology.net/blog/?p=1009 25 May 2011 17:39:40 GMT keith@integratedsociopsychology.net 'Northern Ireland...quiet for now?' looks at the tribalistic underpinnings to the 20-21 June explosion of sectarian violence in east Belfast. The Blog looks at the nature of tribalism and explains why so often the most sophisticated political leaders get caught out by unexpected eruptions of tribal violence. The Blog posits that the way forward in Northern Ireland is not to try to eradicate tribalism but to learn to manage it to benefit all. http://integratedsociopsychology.net/blog/?p=1082 28 Jun 2011 13:37:29 GMT keith@integratedsociopsychology.net 'Lose a cat, loose a father....' is a very personal Blog post allowing me to reflect on my 2 great losses this year, my 19-year-old cat and my 83-year-old father. The Blog is, of course, intended to educate in sociopsychological concepts; but it is also offered in the hope that me expressing some of my grief will help others to express theirs more easily. http://integratedsociopsychology.net/blog/?p=1096 08 Aug 2011 12:30:24 GMT keith@integratedsociopsychology.net The latest Blog on www.integratedsociopsychology.net looks at the riots in London and other English cities during early August from a sociopsychological perspective. It considers the different views on the riots by key commentators David Cameron and Tony Blair to be incomplete and, therefore, the solutions they propose likely to be ineffective. The Blog is linked to a new feature, Underclass: the Excreta of Capitalism, in the Society section of www.integratedsociopsychology.net. However, a sociopsychological view fo the riots indicates that the Underclass are only part of the narrative and we need to look at the way our society is developing if we are to avoid similar riots in the future. http://integratedsociopsychology.net/blog/?p=1116 23 Aug 2011 12:35:10 GMT keith@integratedsociopsychology.net The update to this piece - now moved from Articles to Bio-Cognitive - is truly exciting! It contains a brief report on the groundbreaking experimental work of Svenja Caspers' group in Germany. Using fMRI scans, they have provided significant evidence that people do indeed have a preference for ascending the Spiral primarily by the 'warm' or 'cool' side and that there seems to be a biological basis for the preference. They have also acquired some evidence for a differentiation in same side preferences, effectively evidencing the distinction between vMEMES. http://www.integratedsociopsychology.net/biological_basis-vmemes.html 20 Dec 2011 18:03:21 GMT keith@integratedsociopsychology.net The addition of the feature, Crime and Deviance - the Difference, is the first of several pages to be added in the Pro- & Anti-Social Behaviour sub-section of the Society & Community section of the site. This further increases the 'Socio' element of 'Integrated SocioPsychology'! http://www.integratedsociopsychology.net/crime_deviance-difference.html 14 Jan 2012 07:34:38 GMT keith@integratedsociopsychology.net The latest Blog considers the implications of Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich being convicted of leading the Haditha Massacre yet receiving no punishment other than a demotion in rank. From a sociopsychological perspective, it considers what kind of message that sends out to al-Qaeda and even moderate Muslims about the value of American lives versus the value of Muslim lives. The Blog also considers the difference between an outright battle situation and counter-insurgency operations in an urban environment and whether different kinds of temperament are required. http://integratedsociopsychology.net/blog/?p=1157 27 Jan 2012 17:04:09 GMT keith@integratedsociopsychology.net 'Suicide?' is one of my most ambitious attempts yet to bring together the different approaches within and between Psychology and Sociology. The starting point for the feature is Émile Durkheim's classic study of suicide, considered to be one of the founding studies in modern Sociology. However, Spiral Dynamics is used to comment on some of Durkheim's findings. Other sociological viewpoints are also considered, as are a number of psychological findings. http://www.integratedsociopsychology.net/suicide.html 11 May 2012 13:07:52 GMT keith@integratedsociopsychology.net