Principles of Social Psychology

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The goal of this book is to help you learn to think about social behaviors in the same way that social psychologists do. I believe you will find this approach useful because it will allow you to think about human behavior more critically and more objectively and to gain insight into your own relationships with other people. Social psychologists study everyday behavior scientifically, and their research creates a useful body of knowledge about our everyday social interactions.

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Subjects
Social Sciences, Psychology
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Introducing Social Psychology
  7. 1.1: Prelude to Social Psychology
  8. 1.2: Affect, Behavior, and Cognition
  9. 1.3: Conducting Research in Social Psychology
  10. 1.4: Chapter Summary
  11. 1.5: Defining Social Psychology- History and Principles
  12. 2: Social Learning and Social Cognition
  13. 2.1: Prelude to Social Learning and Social Cognition
  14. 2.2: Sources of Social Knowledge
  15. 2.3: How We Use Our Expectations
  16. 2.4: Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Social Cognition
  17. 2.5: Chapter Summary
  18. 3: Social Affect
  19. 3.1: Prelude to Social Affect
  20. 3.2: Moods and Emotions in Our Social Lives
  21. 3.3: Emotions, Stress, and Well-Being
  22. 3.4: Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Social Affect
  23. 3.5: Chapter Summary
  24. 3.6: How to Feel Better- Coping With Negative Emotions
  25. 4: The Self
  26. 4.1: The Cognitive Self - The Self-Concept
  27. 4.2: The Feeling Self- Self-Esteem
  28. 4.3: The Social Self- The Role of the Social Situation
  29. 4.4: Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About the Self
  30. 4.5: Chapter Summary
  31. 5: Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion
  32. 5.1: Exploring Attitudes
  33. 5.2: Changing Attitudes Through Persuasion
  34. 5.3: Changing Attitudes by Changing Behavior
  35. 5.4: Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion
  36. 5.5: Chapter Summary
  37. 6: Perceiving Others
  38. 6.1: Initial Impression Formation
  39. 6.2: Inferring Dispositions Using Causal Attribution
  40. 6.3: Individual and Cultural Differences in Person Perception
  41. 6.4: Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Person Perception
  42. 6.5: Chapter Summary
  43. 7: Influencing and Conforming
  44. 7.1: The Many Varieties of Conformity
  45. 7.2: Obedience, Power, and Leadership
  46. 7.3: Person, Gender, and Cultural Differences in Conformity
  47. 7.4: Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Conformity
  48. 7.5: Chapter Summary
  49. 8: Liking and Loving
  50. 8.1: Initial Attraction
  51. 8.2: Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Liking and Loving
  52. 8.3: Chapter Summary
  53. 8.4: Close Relationships- Liking and Loving Over the Long Term
  54. 9: Helping and Altruism
  55. 9.1: Understanding Altruism- Self and Other Concerns
  56. 9.2: The Role of Affect- Moods and Emotions
  57. 9.3: How the Social Context Influences Helping
  58. 9.4: Other Determinants of Helping
  59. 9.5: Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Altruism
  60. 9.6: Chapter Summary
  61. 10: Aggression
  62. 10.1: Defining Aggression
  63. 10.2: The Biological and Emotional Causes of Aggression
  64. 10.3: The Violence Around Us- How the Social Situation Influences Aggression
  65. 10.4: Personal and Cultural Influences on Aggression
  66. 10.5: Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Aggression
  67. 10.6: Chapter Summary
  68. 11: Working Groups- Performance and Decision Making
  69. 11.1: Understanding Social Groups
  70. 11.2: Group Process - The Pluses and Minuses of Working Together
  71. 11.3: Improving Group Performance
  72. 11.4: Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Social Groups
  73. 11.5: Chapter Summary
  74. 12: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
  75. 12.1: Chapter Learning Objectives
  76. 12.2: Social Categorization and Stereotyping
  77. 12.3: Ingroup Favoritism and Prejudice
  78. 12.4: Reducing Discrimination
  79. 12.5: Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination
  80. 12.6: Chapter Summary
  81. 13: Competition and Cooperation in Our Social Worlds
  82. 13.1: Conflict, Cooperation, Morality, and Fairness
  83. 13.2: How the Social Situation Creates Conflict- The Role of Social Dilemmas
  84. 13.3: Strategies for Producing Cooperation
  85. 13.4: Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Cooperation and Competition
  86. 13.5: Chapter Summary
  87. Back Matter
  88. Index
  89. Glossary
  90. Detailed Licensing