Social Psychology, Twelfth Edition, engages students with the dynamic field of social psychology, encouraging exploration of personal passions from sports to politics while providing insights into the scientific principles that underpin daily interactions and behaviors, dispelling misconceptions, and demonstrating social psychology's real-world relevance.

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The new Twelfth Edition of Social Psychology by Saul Kassin, Steven Fein, and Hazel Rose Markus captures the excitement of this dynamic and responsive field in our ever-changing world. The authors highlight the most exciting and important foundational and contemporary research, while every chapter also uniquely investigates the influences of culture and social class. In this enthusiastic introduction to social psychology, students delve into their own passion drivers, from favorite sports teams to social media to their own political perspectives, dispelling misconceptions and understanding the scientific foundations that explain our daily interactions and social behaviors. This textbook shows students how social psychology its theories, research methods, and basic findings has never been more relevant or more important.

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Saul Kassin is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and

Massachusetts Professor Emeritus at Williams College. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated

from Brooklyn College in 1974. After receiving his PhD from the University of Connecticut in 1978,

he spent time at the University of Kansas, Purdue University, the Federal Judicial Center, and Stanford

University. He is an author or editor of several booksincluding Psychology, Developmental Social

Psychology, The American Jury on Trial, Duped: Why Innocent People Confess and Why We Believe Their

Confessions, and most recently, The Pillars of Social Psychology. Interested in the psychology of wrongful

convictions, Kassin pioneered the scientific study of false confessions for which he has received several

awardsincluding the APA Award for Distinguished Contribution to Research on Public Policy and

the APS James McKeen Cattell Lifetime Achievement Award for Applied Research. He has consulted

on many high-profile cases, served as an analyst on all major news networks, and appeared in several

podcasts and documentariesincluding Ken Burns's 2012 film, The Central Park Five.

Steven Fein is Professor of Psychology at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Born

and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey, he received his AB from Princeton University and his PhD in

social psychology from the University of Michigan. He has been teaching at Williams College since

1991, with time spent teaching at Stanford University in 1999. His edited books include Emotion:

Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Readings in Social Psychology: The Art and Science of Research, and

Motivated Social Perception: The Ontario Symposium. He has served on the executive committee of the

Society of Personality and Social Psychology and as the social and personality psychology representative

at the American Psychological Association. His research interests concern stereotyping and prejudice,

suspicion and attributional processes, social influence, and self-affirmation theory.

Hazel Rose Markus is the Davis-Brack Professor in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.

She codirects Stanford SPARQ (Social Psychological Answers to Real-world Questions) and was previously

the director of the Research Institute of the Stanford Center for Comparative Studies in Race

and Ethnicity. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Before moving to Stanford in

1994, she was a professor at the University of Michigan, where she received her PhD. Her work focuses

on how the self-system, including current conceptions of self and possible selves, lends meaning and

structure to experience. Born in England and raised in San Diego, she has been persistently fascinated

by how nation of origin, region of the country, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, and social class shape

self and identity. With her colleague Shinobu Kitayama, she has pioneered the experimental study of

how culture and self influence one another. Markus is a member of the American Academy of Arts

and Sciences and the British Academy, and she is the recipient of the APA award for Distinguished

Scientific Contribution and the APS William James Award for Lifetime Achievement. Some of her

recent coedited and coauthored books include Culture and Emotion: Empirical Studies of Mutual

Influence, Engaging Cultural Differences: The Multicultural Challenge in Liberal Democracies, Just

Schools: Pursuing Equal Education in Societies of Difference, Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century,

and Clash! How to Thrive in a Multicultural World.

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The new Twelfth Edition of Social Psychology by Saul Kassin, Steven Fein, and Hazel Rose Markus captures the excitement of this dynamic and responsive field in our ever-changing world. The authors highlight the most exciting and important foundational and contemporary research, while every chapter also uniquely investigates the influences of culture and social class. In this enthusiastic introduction to social psychology, readers delve into their own passion drivers, from favorite sports teams to social media to their own political perspectives, dispelling misconceptions and understanding the scientific foundations that explain our daily interactions and social behaviors.

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Part 1: Introduction
Chapter 1 What is Social Psychology
The Social Animal
What Is Social Psychology?
Social Psychology: Past, Present, and Future
Chapter 2 Doing Social Psychology Research
Why Should You Learn About Research Methods?
Developing Ideas: Beginning the Research Process
Refining Ideas: Defining and Measuring Social Psychological Variables
Testing Ideas: Research Designs
Culture, Ethics, and New Research Standards and Practices
Part 2: Social Cognition
Chapter 3 The Social Self
The Self-Concept
Self-Esteem
Self-Presentation
Reflections: The Multifaceted Self
Chapter 4 Perceiving Persons
Observation: The Elements of Social Perception
Attribution: From Elements to Dispositions
Integration: From Dispositions to Impressions
Confirmation Biases: From Impressions to Reality
Social Perception: The Bottom Line
Chapter 5 Prejudice
The Nature of Prejudice: Persistence and Change
Causes of Prejudice: Culture and Socialization
Causes of Prejudice: Cognitive and Motivational Factors
Reducing Prejudice: Social Psychological Solutions
Part 3: Social Influence
Chapter 6 Attitudes and Persuasion
The Study of Attitudes
Persuasion by Communication
Persuasion by Our Own Actions
Changing Attitudes
Chapter 7 Conformity
Social Influence as "Automatic"
Conformity
Compliance
Obedience
The Continuum of Social Influence
Chapter 8 Group Processes
Fundamentals of Groups
Individuals in Groups: The Presence of Others
Group Performance: Problems and Solutions
Conflict: Cooperation and Competition Within and Between Groups
Part 4: Social Relations
Chapter 9 Attraction and Close Relationships
Need to Belong: A Fundamental Human Motive
The Initial Attraction
Close Relationships
Chapter 10 Helping Others
Evolutionary and Motivational Factors: Why Do People Help?
Situational Influences: When Do People Help?
Personal Influences: Who Is Likely to Help?
Interpersonal Influences: Whom Do People Help?
Chapter 11 Aggression
What Is Aggression?
Culture, Gender, and Individual Differences
Origins of Aggression
Situational Influences on Aggression
Media Effects
Reducing Aggression and Violence
Part 5: Applyi…