Preface
About the Authors
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Social Psychology
What Is Social Psychology?
What Are Some Big Questions Within Social Psychology?
How Can Social Psychology Make My Life Better Now?
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Application
Key Terms
Chapter 2: Research Methods
How Do Social Psychologists Design Studies?
How Do Experiments Work in Social Psychology?
How Can I Recognize Trustworthy Research?
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Application
Key Terms
Chapter 3: The Social Self
How Do We Understand the "Self"?
How Do We Know the Self Is Social?
Are We Honest About Ourselves?
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Application
Key Terms
Chapter 4: Social Cognition
How Do We Think?
Why Are There Flaws in Our Mental Machinery?
Where Does Intuition Come From-and Can We Trust It?
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Application
Key Terms
Chapter 5: Person Perception
What Happens During and After Forming First Impressions?
How Do We Explain Other People's Behavior?
Why Do We Misjudge One Another?
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Application
Key Terms
Chapter 6: Attitudes and Persuasion
What Are Attitudes and Where Do They Come From?
Do Attitudes Predict Behavior?
How Do Attitudes Change?
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Application
Key Terms
Chapter 7: Social Influence: Conformity, Social Roles, and Obedience
What Types of Social Influence Exist?
What Social Forces Compel Conformity?
How Do Social Roles and Obedience to Authority Influence Us?
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Application
Key Terms
Chapter 8: Group Processes
Why Are Groups So Important to Us?
How Do Groups Influence Individual Performance?
How Can Individuals Influence Groups?
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Application
Key Terms
Chapter 9: Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination
Why Do We Keep Using Stereotypes?
How Do Stereotypes Turn Into Prejudice?
How Can We Reduce Prejudice and Discrimination?
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Application
Key Terms
Chapter 10: Helping and Prosocial Behavior
What Motivates People to Help Others, in General?
Why Are Some People More Helpful Than Others?
What Circumstances Make Helping More or Less Likely?
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Application
Key Terms
Chapter 11: Aggression
What Is Aggression?
Why Are Humans Aggressive?
How Can We Manage or Reduce Aggression?
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Application
Key Terms
Chapter 12: Intimate Relationships
What Causes Attraction?
How Do We Decide to Commit to a Particular Relationship?
How Do Gender and Culture Influence Relationships?
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Application
Key Terms
Applied Mini-Chapters
A: Social Psychology and Sports
What Is Sport Psychology?
What Is Fan Psychology?
Key Terms
B: Social Psychology of Law and the Courtroom
How Do Psychology and Law Fit Together?
What Do Social Psychologists Know About False Confessions and Eyewitness Testimony?
Key Terms
C: Social Psychology and Relationship Violence
What Does Relationship Violence Look Like?
How Can Survivors Heal and Move Forward?
Key Terms
D: Social Psychology and Cult Indoctrination
What Makes a Group Qualify as a "Cult"?
How Do Cults Recruit and Exploit People?
Key Terms
E: Social Psychology of Stress and Health
How Do Environmental Stressors Influence Health?
How Can Social Psychology Improve Medical Adherence?
Key Terms
F: Social Psychology: The Joy of a Sustainable Environment
What Are Threshold Effects?
How Can Social Psychologists Contribute to a Sustainable Environment?
Key Terms
G: Social Psychology and Happiness: Positive Psychology
What Is Positive Psychology?
How Is Positive Psychology Changing?
Key Terms
References
Glossary
Subject Index
