Principles of Social Psychology – Brown-Weinstock

Table of Contents

• • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • About the Book

• Chapter 1: Introducing Social Psychology

• • Chapter 1 Learning Objectives
  • Defining Social Psychology: History and Principles
  • Affect, Behavior, and Cognition
  • Conducting Research in Social Psychology
  • Chapter 1 Summary
  • Chapter 1 Definitions

• Chapter 2: Social Cognition

• • Chapter 2 Learning Objectives
  • Sources of Social Knowledge
  • How We Use Our Expectations
  • Social Cognition and Affect
  • Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Social Cognition
  • Chapter 2 Summary
  • Chapter 2 Definitions

• Chapter 3: The Self

• • Chapter 3 Learning Objectives
  • 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
  • Chapter 3 Summary
  • Chapter 3 Definitions

• Chapter 4: Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion

• • Chapter 4 Learning Objectives
  • Exploring Attitudes
  • Changing Attitudes through Persuasion
  • Changing Attitudes by Changing Behavior
  • Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion
  • Chapter 4 Summary
  • Chapter 4 Definitions

• Chapter 5: Perceiving Others

• • Chapter 5 Learning Objectives
  • Initial Impression Formation
  • Inferring Dispositions Using Causal Attribution
  • Biases in Attribution
  • Individual Differences in Person Perception
  • Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Person Perception
  • Chapter 5 Summary
  • Chapter 5 Definitions

• Chapter 6: Influencing and Conforming

• • Chapter 6 Learning Objectives
  • The Many Varieties of Conformity
  • Obedience, Power, and Leadership
  • Person, Gender, and Cultural Differences in Conformity
  • Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Social Influence
  • Chapter 6 Summary
  • Chapter 6 Definitions

• Chapter 7: Liking and Loving

• • Chapter 7 Learning Objectives
  • Initial Attraction
  • Close Relationships: Liking and Loving over the Long Term
  • Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Liking and Loving
  • Chapter 7 Summary
  • Chapter 7 Definitions

• Chapter 8: Helping and Altruism

• • Chapter 8 Learning Objectives
  • 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
  • Chapter 8 Summary
  • Chapter 8 Definitions

• Chapter 9: Aggression

• • Chapter 9 Learning Objectives
  • 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
  • Chapter 9 Summary
  • Chapter 9 Definitions

• Chapter 10: Working Groups: Performance and Decision Making

• • Chapter 10 Learning Objectives
  • Understanding Social Groups
  • Group Performance
  • Group Decision Making
  • Improving Group Performance and Decision Making
  • Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Social Groups
  • Chapter 10 Summary
  • Chapter 10 Definitions

• Chapter 11: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

• • Chapter 11 Learning Objectives
  • Social Categorization and Stereotyping
  • Ingroup Favoritism and Prejudice
  • Reducing Discrimination
  • Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination
  • Chapter 11 Summary
  • Chapter 11 Definitions

• 12. Competition and Cooperation in Our Social Worlds

• • Chapter 12 Learning Objectives
  • 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
  • Chapter 12 Summary
  • Chapter 12 Definitions
• • About the Authors
  • Glossary