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Have you ever had trouble teaching the various topics of social psychology and fitting them together to form a coherent field? Unnamed Author felt like he was presenting a laundry list of ideas, research studies, and phenomena, rather than an integrated set of principles and knowledge. He wondered how his students could be expected to remember and understand the many phenomena that social psychologists study? How could they tell what was most important? It was then that he realized a fresh approach to a Social Psychology textbook was needed to structure and integrate student learning; thus, Principles of Social Psychology was born. This textbook is based on a critical thinking approach, and its aim is to get students thinking actively and conceptually – with a greater focus on the forest than the trees. Yes, there are right and wrong answers, but the answers are not the only thing. What is perhaps even more important is how students get to the answers – the thinking process itself. To help students better grasp the big picture of social psychology, and to provide you with a theme that you can use to organize your lectures, this text has a consistent pedagogy across the chapters.

https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2001
ISBN: 978-1-946135-20-9

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English
ISBN
978-1-946135-20-9
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Title Page
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Table Of Contents
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About the Author
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1: Introducing Social Psychology
1.1 Defining Social Psychology: History and Principles
1.2 Affect, Behavior, and Cognition
1.3 Conducting Research in Social Psychology
1.4 Chapter Summary
Chapter 2: Social Learning and Social Cognition
2.1 Sources of Social Knowledge
2.2 How We Use Our Expectations
2.3 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Social Cognition
2.4 Chapter Summary
Chapter 3: Social Affect
3.1 Moods and Emotions in Our Social Lives
3.2 Emotions, Stress, and Well-Being
3.3 How to Feel Better: Coping With Negative Emotions
3.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Social Affect
3.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 4: The Self
4.1 The Cognitive Self: The Self-Concept
4.2 The Feeling Self: Self-Esteem
4.3 The Social Self: The Role of the Social Situation
4.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About the Self
4.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 5: Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion
5.1 Exploring Attitudes
5.2 Changing Attitudes Through Persuasion
5.3 Changing Attitudes by Changing Behavior
5.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion
5.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 6: Perceiving Others
6.1 Initial Impression Formation
6.2 Inferring Dispositions Using Causal Attribution
6.3 Individual and Cultural Differences in Person Perception
6.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Person Perception
6.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 7: Influencing and Conforming
7.1 The Many Varieties of Conformity
7.2 Obedience, Power, and Leadership
7.3 Person, Gender, and Cultural Differences in Conformity
7.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Conformity
7.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 8: Liking and Loving
8.1 Initial Attraction
8.2 Close Relationships: Liking and Loving Over the Long Term
8.3 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Liking and Loving
8.4 Chapter Summary
Chapter 9: Helping and Altruism
9.1 Understanding Altruism: Self and Other Concerns
9.2 The Role of Affect: Moods and Emotions
9.3 How the Social Context Influences Helping
9.4 Other Determinants of Helping
9.5 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Altruism
9.6 Chapter Summary
Chapter 10: Aggression
10.1 Defining Aggression
10.2 The Biological and Emotional Causes of Aggression
10.3 The Violence Around Us: How the Social Situation Influences Aggression
10.4 Personal and Cultural Influences on Aggression
10.5 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Aggression
10.6 Chapter Summary
Chapter 11: Working Groups: Performance and Decision Making
11.1 Understanding Social Groups
11.2 Group Process: The Pluses and Minuses of Working Together
11.3 Improving Group Performance
11.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Social Groups
11.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 12: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
12.1 Social Categorization and Stereotyping
12.2 Ingroup Favoritism and Prejudice
12.3 Reducing Discrimination
12.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination
12.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 13: Competition and Cooperation in Our Social Worlds
13.1 Conflict, Cooperation, Morality, and Fairness
13.2 How the Social Situation Creates Conflict: The Role of Social Dilemmas
13.3 Strategies for Producing Cooperation
13.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Cooperation and Competition
13.5 Chapter Summary
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