Understanding Angry Groups: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Their Motivations and Effects on Society

by Susan C. Cloninger (Editor), Steven A. Leibo

This book examines the dynamics that lead to anger, both in individuals, within groups, and between groups; identifies the role of the media in angry group behavior; and offers solutions for dealing with angry groups and channeling that negative energy in positive ways.

• Presents angry group dynamics from various perspectives, ranging from individual personality to group behavior to mass social movements

• Draws expertise from diverse academic areas and presents information that will be accessible to anyone interested in history and the social and political sciences

• Connects with current societal and political issues that often receive attention in the news and popular media

456 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2015

About the author

Dr. Susan C. Cloninger is Professor of Psychology at The Sage Colleges, where she has taught since 1979. She teaches on both the Troy and Albany campuses, and is Coordinator of the School of Professional and Continuing Education psychology program. Her courses include Introductory Psychology, Personality Theory, Social Psychology, Senior Seminar, and Great Ideas in Psychology. Before coming to Sage, Dr. Cloninger taught at the University of Maryland extension program in Germany; was a post-doctoral fellow in sociology at the University of California, Berkeley; and worked analyzing national survey research at the Social Action Research Center in San Rafael, California. She received her graduate degrees from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, specializing in personality, and her undergraduate degree in psychology from Valparaiso University in Indiana.

A former National Science Foundation fellow and National Merit scholar, Dr. Cloninger has published two textbooks in personality. "Theories of Personality: Understanding Persons" (published by Prentice Hall) is now in its fifth edition. It has been published in Portugese ("Teorias da Personalidade," translated by Claudia Berliner) by Martins Fontes, and also in Russian. "Personality: Description, Dynamics, and Development" (published by W. H. Freeman ) has also been published, by Flammarion, in French ("La Personnalite: Description, Dynamique, et Developpement," translated by Alice Tibi). On and off, as time permits, she is writing an introductory psychology textbook. Dr. Cloninger is a member of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society.