Preface 1 What Is Social Psychology? 2 Asking and Answering Research Questions 3 Perceiving Individuals 4 The Self 5 Perceiving Groups 6 Social Identity 7 Attitudes and Attitude Change 8 Attitudes and Behavior 9 Norms and Conformity 10 Norms and Behavior 11 Interaction and Performance in Groups

12 Attraction, Relationships, and Love

13 Aggression and Conflict

14 Helping and Cooperation

Epilogue

Glossary

References

Indexes

Zusatztext 84312301 Informationen zum Autor Eliot R. Smith, Diane M. Mackie, Heather M. Claypool Klappentext This textbook is the only major introduction to social psychology that provides a conceptually and thematically integrated approach to the science of social behavior, showinghow the major topics and themes in the discipline are deeply interconnected. As such, it provides a uniquely rich, meaningful, and logical appreciation of human social behavior that students can relate to the world around them and apply to their own lives. Throughout, there are explanations of how social processes are intertwined with cognitive processes. In addition to being thoroughly updated, this fourth edition includes much richer pedagogy than its predecessors, both within the book and online. Zusammenfassung Using an engaging narrative, this textbook demonstrates how social processes are inherently interconnected by uniquely applying underlying and unifying principles throughout the text. With its comprehensive coverage of classic and contemporary researchillustrated with real-world examples from many disciplines, including medicine, law, and education Social Psychology 4th Edition connects theory and application, providing undergraduate students with a deeper and more holistic understanding of the factors that influence social behaviors. New to the 4th Edition: Each chapter now features 1-2 "culture" boxes, focusing on cross-cultural research on social psychological phenomena. Each chapter now features 1-2 "hot topic" boxes, where we highlight cutting edge and emerging findings. Many references updated throughout, with over 700 new references. A more comprehensive and user-friendly set of online supplementary resources will accompany the new edition. New co-author Heather Claypool of Miami University of Ohio. Inhaltsverzeichnis What Is Social Psychology?. Asking and Answering Research Questions. Perceiving Individuals. The Self. Perceiving Groups. Social Identity. Attitudes and Attitude Change. Attitudes and Behavior. Norms, and Conformity. Norms and Behavior. Interaction and Performance in Groups. Attraction, Relationships, and Love. Aggression and Conflict. Helping and Cooperation. ...

What makes this book different (and better) than other social psychology texts is the way it is organized around a set of fundamental principles of motivation and cognition. Rather than simply listing and describing the standard topics, the principles provide a framework for integrating them into a consistent and coherent understanding of all social psychology and behavior. This has an enormously positive effect on how the subject can be taught and on how it is understood by students. --Jeffrey Sherman, Professor of Psychology, University of California-Davis I use this textbook in my courses because not only is it well-written, it also highlights basic principles and themes rather than focusing on specific phenomena and effects. Rather than discussing each topic in isolation, Smith, Mackie, and Claypool explicitly link them together within and between chapters using these cross-cutting principles and themes. This provides students with a very useful conceptual framework or scaffold with which to understand and integrate what often appears to be an overwhelming amount of information. Many of my students have commented to me that this focus on basic principles was instrumental and valuable in their learning and understanding of the field. --Kentaro Fujita, Associate Professor of Psychology, Ohio State University This authoritative introduction to the science of social psychology constitutes a high-quality review of the social and social-cognitive processes pertaining to how people perceive and influence other individuals and other groups. Introducing fundamental axioms and core motivational and processing principles to the study of individuals and groups, the book bridges the boundaries between different traditions on how to approach the exciting discipline of social psychology. In this way, the book is a true invitation to the fascinating study of human social behavior and its underlying psychological processes. --Kees van den Bos, Professor of Social Psychology Including the Social Psychology of Organizations and Professor of Empirical Legal Science, Utrecht University I have been using this Social Psychology textbook since its first edition. Why? Because it is simply the best. It is thoughtful while still being fascinating. It covers classic research while still being completely up-to-date on new discoveries. It emphasizes ideas while still appreciating the research behind them. And, most important to me, it organizes social psychology in terms of the basic principles that underlie multiple phenomena at the personal, interpersonal, and group levels. Not easy to do...and brilliantly done. --E. Tory Higgins, Stanley Schachter Professor of Psychology and Professor of Business, Columbia University This is a book not just for students of social psychology, or of the wider discipline of psychology: it is, rather, a book that speaks to students and practitioners in any field or profession concerned with our social interactions and identities. More than simply an academic textbook, itforms a clear and accessibleapplied guidefor negotiatingthe complexities of the social world around us. In this new edition, Smith, Mackie and Claypool have continued to buildtheir substantive andcohesiveaccount of social psychology that brings together a range of classic experiments and theories with the most up-to-date research in the field. --Thomas Grimwood, Program Leader for MA in Social Work, University of Cumbria I've used the previous versions of this textbook for years and I think this is an excellent introduction to social psychology. The book offers an integrative approach throughout the chapters that connects them to one another, rather than treating the various research areas of social psychology as disparate and unrelated. In contrast to many other textbooks, the Smith, Mackie, and Claypool textbook pays homage to the work of social psychologists across the globe and contains a separate chapter on social identity. This new edition has been updated and includes recent developments in the field of social psychology. I highly recommend this textbook. --Arjan Bos, Associate Professor of Psychology, Open University, the Netherlands

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This textbook is the only major introduction to social psychology that provides a conceptually and thematically integrated approach to the science of social behavior, showinghow the major topics and themes in the discipline are deeply interconnected. As such, it provides a uniquely rich, meaningful, and logical appreciation of human social behavior that students can relate to the world around them and apply to their own lives. Throughout, there are explanations of how social processes are intertwined with cognitive processes. In addition to being thoroughly updated, this fourth edition includes much richer pedagogy than its predecessors, both within the book and online.

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Using an engaging narrative, this textbook demonstrates how social processes are inherently interconnected by uniquely applying underlying and unifying principles throughout the text. With its comprehensive coverage of classic and contem…