Sheldon Levy
My research has focused on social psychology and social issues, especially issues dealing with political systems, political authority, and domestic and international intergroup relations. I also have a continuing interest in the mass media and its relation to international conflict and race relations. In addition, I am interested in methodological questions in the study of collective behavior, mass media, and political authority. This interest in methodology has expressed itself in two forms: one is the manner in which data are collected, and the other is the problem to be investigated. My current activities are focused on a study of the death penalty, quantitative analysis of interstate conflict, district characteristics and voting records of congressional representatives, and socal perception and the power law.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Intergroup Relations
- Research Methods, Assessment
- Social Cognition
Journal Articles:
- Levy, S. G. (1995). Attitudes toward the conduct of war. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 1(2), 179-197.
- Levy, S. G. (1993). Questions about some fundamental concepts and some directions for thinking in the study of intergroup conflict. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 13(1), 1-27.
- Levy, S. G. (1982). Perceived authoritarianism of Carter and Reagan. Academic Psychology Bulletin, 4(3), 431-439.
Other Publications:
- Levy, S. G. (1996). Ethics in the conduct of war. In B. Holden (Ed.), The ethical dimensions of global change (pp. 226-256). London: Macmillan.
- Levy, S. G. (1990). A call to social realism. SPSSI Newsletter, 183, 11-13.
Sheldon Levy
Department of Psychology
Wayne State University
5057 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48202
United States of America
- Phone: (313) 577-2832
- Fax: (313) 577-7636