Frontmatter Introduction
Dedicate
About the Authors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 The Roots of Social Psychology
1.2 The Four Core Assumptions of Social Psychology
1.3 Cultural Knowledge: The Intuitive Encyclopedia
1.4 The Scientific Method: Systematizing the Acquisition of Knowledge
1.5 Ethical Considerations in Research
Chapter 2 Introduction
2.1 Evolution: How Living Things Change Over Time
2.2 General Adaptations of the Cultural Animal
2.3 Culture: The Uniquely Human Adaptation
2.4 How Culture Helps Us Adapt
2.5 Culture in the Round: Central Issues
Chapter 3 Introduction
3.1 The “Why” of Social Cognition: The Motives Behind Thinking
3.2 The “How” of Social Cognition: Two Ways to Think About the Social World
3.3 The “What” of Social Cognition: Schemas as the Cognitive Building Blocks of Knowledge
3.4 Returning to the “Why”: Motivational Factors in Social Cognition and Behavior
Chapter 4 Introduction
4.1 Remembering Things Past
4.2 Inferring Cause and Effect in the Social World
4.3 Forming Impressions of People
4.4 What If, If Only: Counterfactual Thinking
Chapter 5 Introduction
5.1 External Influences on the Self-concept
5.2 How Do We Come to Know the Self?
5.3 Self-regulation: Here’s What the “I” Can Do for You
5.4 Self-regulatory Challenges
Chapter 6 Introduction
6.1 The Motive to Maintain a Consistent Self
6.2 The Self-esteem Motive: Establishing and Defending One’s Value
6.3 Self-presentation: The Show Must Go On
6.4 Motives for Growth and Self-expansion
Chapter 7 Introduction
7.1 Learning From Others
7.2 The Social Construction of Reality
7.3 Conformity
7.4 Minority Influence
7.5 Compliance: The Art and Science of Getting What You Want
7.6 Obedience to Authority
Chapter 8 Introduction
8.1 Elaboration Likelihood Model: Central and Peripheral Routes to Persuasion
8.2 Characteristics of the Source
8.3 Characteristics of the Message
8.4 Characteristics of the Audience
8.5 Resistance to Persuasion
8.6 The Relationship Between Attitudes and Behavior
Chapter 9 Introduction
9.1 What Is a Group?
9.2 Why Do People Join and Identify With Groups
9.3 Cooperation in Groups
9.4 Performance in a Social Context
9.5 Group Decision Making
9.6 Leadership, Power, and Group Hierarchy
9.7 Why Do People Leave and Disidentify With Groups?
Chapter 10 Introduction
10.1 The Nature of Prejudice: Pervasiveness and Perspective
10.2 The Roots of Prejudice: Three Basic Causes
10.3 Is Prejudice an Ugly Thing of the Past?
10.4 Stereotyping: The Cognitive Companion of Prejudice
Chapter 11 Introduction
11.1 Prejudice From a Target’s Perspective
11.2 The Prejudiced Personality
11.3 Reducing Prejudice
Chapter 12 Introduction
12.1 Defining Aggression
12.2 Biology and Human Aggression
12.3 Situational Triggers of Aggression: The Context Made Me Do It
12.4 Learning to Aggress
12.5 Individual Differences in Aggression
12.6 The Roles of Alcohol and Other Drugs in Aggression
12.7 Violence Against Women
12.8 Reducing Aggression
Chapter 13 Introduction
13.1 The Basic Motives for Helping
13.2 Does Altruism Exist?
13.3 The Social and Emotional Triggers of Helping
13.4 Priming Prosocial Feelings and Behavior
13.5 Why Do People Fail to Help?
13.6 Who is Most Likely to Help
Chapter 14 Introduction
14.1 The Need to Belong
14.2 The Basics of Interpersonal Attraction
14.3 Physical Attractiveness
14.4 Gender Difference in Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors
Chapter 15 Introduction
15.1 What Makes Close Relationships Special
15.2 This Thing Called Love
15.3 Cost-benefit Perspectives on Relationships
15.4 Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Relationships
15.5 The Time Course of Romantic Relationships
15.6 Long-term Relationships: Understanding Those That Dissolved and Those That Thrive
Glossary
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