Originally published in 2011, this textbook on the Principles of Social Psychology was updated in 2014 with contributions from Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani and Dr. Hammond Tarry.
The 2014 edition, or 1st International Edition, included video clips and a variety of other “web” features. Dr. Jhangiani is with the Kwantien Polytechnic University and Dr. Tarry is with Capilano University. When Dr. Charles Stangor, University of Maryland, wrote this textbook; his intention was to encourage students to be critical thinkers. A bit refreshing was his comment in the preface that he didn’t expect students to remember the details of a study that was discussed in class 10 years later. His hope was that his former students would be able to critically analyze new situations based on the concepts that study presented.
Stanger wants students to focus more on the forest than the trees. He presents the material based upon two underlying principles that are essential to social psychology:
1. Person and situation (the classic treatment)
2. The ABCs of social psychology (affect, behavior and cognition)
The discussions are also framed around the human motivations of self-concern and other-concern.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introducing Social Psychology
- Defining Social Psychology: History and Principles
- Affect, Behavior, and Cognition
- Conducting Research in Social Psychology
- 2. Social Cognition
- Sources of Social Knowledge
- How We Use Our Expectations
- Social Cognition and Affect
- Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Social Cognition
- 3. The Self
- The Cognitive Self: The Self-Concept
- The Feeling Self: Self-Esteem
- The Social Self: The Role of the Social Situation
- Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about the Self
- 4. Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion
- Exploring Attitudes
- Changing Attitudes through Persuasion
- Changing Attitudes by Changing Behavior
- Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion
- 5. Perceiving Others
- Initial Impression Formation
- Inferring Dispositions Using Causal Attribution
- Biases in Attribution
- Individual Differences in Person Perception
- Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Person Perception
- 6. Influencing and Conforming
- The Many Varieties of Conformity
- Obedience, Power, and Leadership
- Person, Gender, and Cultural Differences in Conformity
- Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Social Influence
- 7. Liking and Loving
- Initial Attraction
- Close Relationships: Liking and Loving over the Long Term
- Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Liking and Loving
- 8. Helping and Altruism
- Understanding Altruism: Self and Other Concerns
- The Role of Affect: Moods and Emotions
- How the Social Context Influences Helping
- Other Determinants of Helping
- Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Altruism
- 9. Agression
- Defining Aggression
- The Biological and Emotional Causes of Aggression
- The Violence around Us: How the Social Situation Influences Aggression
- Personal and Cultural Influences on Aggression
- Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Aggression
- 10. Working Groups: Performance and Decision Making
- Understanding Social Groups
- Group Performance
- Group Decision Making
- Improving Group Performance and Decision Making
- Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Social Groups
- 11. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
- Social Categorization and Stereotyping
- Ingroup Favoritism and Prejudice
- Reducing Discrimination
- Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Stereotyping, Prejudice, and
- Discrimination
- 12. Competition and Cooperation in Our Social Worlds
- Conflict, Cooperation, Morality, and Fairness
- How the Social Situation Creates Conflict: The Role of Social Dilemmas
- Strategies for Producing Cooperation
- Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Cooperation and Competition
- Glossary
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