Table of Contents

Series Editor's Foreword
Jaan Valsiner

Introduction
Ayfer Dost-Go;zkan and Doga Sonmez Keith

Part I: Early Years: Turkey and the United States

1. A Young Scientist in a Changing World:
Muzafer Sherif's Early Years
Sertan Batur

2. Muzafer Sherif in America: Confidence,
Crisis, and Beyond
Ersin Aslturk

Part II: Years in the United States after 1945

3. Th e Sherifs' Long Quest to Keep Social
Psychology Social
Donald K. Routh

4. Muzafer Sherif in FBI Files
Sertan Batur

5. Dynamics of Group and Intergroup Relations
Lucas B. Mazur, Rashmi Nair, and
Johanna Ray Vollhardt

6. Sherif's Thoughts on Social Science and the Social
Scientist: Theoretical and Methodological
Considerations
Maggie Campbell-Obaid and Katherine Lacasse

7. Social Norms and Social Change
Caitlin O. Mahoney, Elliot Weiner, and Tierza Loskota

Part III: Contemporary Psychology in Light of
Sherif 's Work

8. Sherif's Historical Role and Current Relevance
for Social/Cultural Psychology
cidem Katcba

9. Sherif's Perspective on Contemporary Social
Psychology
Zachary Beckstead

10. Reflections on Muzafer Sherif's Legacy in Social
Identity and Self-Categorization Theories
Michael J. Platow, John A. Hunter,
S. Alexander Haslam, and Stephen D. Reicher

11. Applications and Extensions of Realistic Conflict
Theory: Moral Development and Conflict Prevention
Jessica McKenzie and Gabriel Twose

12. Re-emergence of ar sija: Revisiting Sherif's
Psychology of Slogans
Sandina Begi

13. An Integration of Social and Developmental
Psychology: Sherif's Research with Adolescents
Ayfer Dost-Go;zkan

Conclusion: A Scholar Between and Beyond
Fathali M. Moghaddam

About the Contributors

Name Index

Subject Index

About the Author

Ayfer Dost-Gozkan is assistant professor of psychology at Ozyein University in Istanbul, Turkey. Doga Sonmez Keith is a developmental psychologist and a history of psychology enthusiast.

Reviews

-The most powerful aspect of Norms, Groups, Conflict, and Social Change is how it offers applications and lessons for social psychologists today. The modern psychologist, or psychologist-in-training, reading this work can see Sherif's life and theory not simply as an outdated foundation, but rather as living, vibrant and persuasive justification for employing naturalistic methods and finding interdisciplinary spaces.- --Gabriel Velez, Psychology & Society -This book is the most thorough investigation of Sherif's enduring legacy in social, cultural and developmental psychology available to date. It not only skillfully describes and situates his idea in historical context, but also shows how they offer a key to developing a psychology for the twenty-first century, in a world that is increasing interconnected and globalized.- -- Brady Wagoner, Aalborg University -Muzafer and Carolyn Sherif were among the most creative and productive social psychologists that the current generation of psychologists has forgotten. This volume begins the process of recovering not only their creative efforts for a broader and more meaningful social psychology, but reminds us of the generative power of a social psychology that might yet be.- --Henderikus J. Stam, editor, Theory & Psychology

"The most powerful aspect of Norms, Groups, Conflict, and Social Change is how it offers applications and lessons for social psychologists today. The modern psychologist, or psychologist-in-training, reading this work can see Sherif's life and theory not simply as an outdated foundation, but rather as living, vibrant and persuasive justification for employing naturalistic methods and finding interdisciplinary spaces." --Gabriel Velez, Psychology & Society "This book is the most thorough investigation of Sherif's enduring legacy in social, cultural and developmental psychology available to date. It not only skillfully describes and situates his idea in historical context, but also shows how they offer a key to developing a psychology for the twenty-first century, in a world that is increasing interconnected and globalized." -- Brady Wagoner, Aalborg University "Muzafer and Carolyn Sherif were among the most creative and productive social psychologists that the current generation of psychologists has forgotten. This volume begins the process of recovering not only their creative efforts for a broader and more meaningful social psychology, but reminds us of the generative power of a social psychology that might yet be." --Henderikus J. Stam, editor, Theory & Psychology

"The most powerful aspect of Norms, Groups, Conflict, and Social Change is how it offers applications and lessons for social psychologists today. The modern psychologist, or psychologist-in-training, reading this work can see Sherif's life and theory not simply as an outdated foundation, but rather as living, vibrant and persuasive justification for employing naturalistic methods and finding interdisciplinary spaces." --Gabriel Velez, Psychology & Society "This book is the most thorough investigation of Sherif's enduring legacy in social, cultural and developmental psychology available to date. It not only skillfully describes and situates his idea in historical context, but also shows how they offer a key to developing a psychology for the twenty-first century, in a world that is increasing interconnected and globalized." -- Brady Wagoner, Aalborg University "Muzafer and Carolyn Sherif were among the most creative and productive social psychologists that the current generation of psychologists has forgotten. This volume begins the process of recovering not only their creative efforts for a broader and more meaningful social psychology, but reminds us of the generative power of a social psychology that might yet be." --Henderikus J. Stam, editor, Theory & Psychology

"This book is the most thorough investigation of Sherif's enduring legacy in social, cultural and developmental psychology available to date. It not only skillfully describes and situates his idea in historical context, but also shows how they offer a key to developing a psychology for the twenty-first century, in a world that is increasing interconnected and globalized." -- Brady Wagoner, Aalborg University "Muzafer and Carolyn Sherif were among the most creative and productive social psychologists that the current generation of psychologists has forgotten. This volume begins the process of recovering not only their creative efforts for a broader and more meaningful social psychology, but reminds us of the generative power of a social psychology that might yet be." --Henderikus J. Stam, editor, Theory & Psychology