Dedication
To Pam and Maddie
Social Psychology
Core Concepts and Emerging Trends
Daniel W. Barrett
Western Connecticut State University
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Names: Barrett, Daniel W., author.
Title: Social psychology : core concepts and emerging trends / Daniel W. Barrett.
Description: Los Angeles : SAGE, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015038684
ISBN 978-1-5063-1060-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Social psychology.
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Brief Contents
1 Preface
3 Part I Foundations of Social Psychology1 | Introducing Social Psychology2 | The Social Brain
4 Part II Thinking About the Self and Others3 | Social Cognition4 | What Is the Self?5 | Social Perception
5 Part III Interpersonal Influence6 | Social Influence7 | Attitudes and Persuasion
6 Part IV Moral Behavior8 | Helping9 | Aggression
7 Part V Affiliative Behavior10 | Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination11 | Affiliation and Love12 | Group Processes
8 Part VI Emerging Topics in Social Psychology13 | Three Emerging Trends: The Social Psychology of Happiness, Religion, and Sustainability
9 Glossary
10 References
11 Author Index
Detailed Contents
1 Preface
3 Part I Foundations of Social Psychology1 | Introducing Social PsychologyThe Mystery of Romantic AttractionSocial Psychology Matters: Defining the FieldWhy Social Psychology?Social Psychology Is UniqueSocial Psychology and the Quest for Human NatureFree WillIndependenceRationalitySelf-Reflection 1.1: Do You Think You Have Free Will? (Part 1)Self-Reflection 1.2: Do You Think You Have Free Will? (Part 2)The SelfSocialityMoralityThe Evolving Nature of Social Psychology: Yesterday, Today, and TomorrowEarly Social Psychological StudiesThe First TextbooksA Creative Synthesis: The Mutual Influences of the Person and the SituationFurther Developments: The Multiple Causes of Social BehaviorEvolutionary FactorsContextual InfluencesIndividual FactorsSocial Psychology in EuropeEmerging TrendsIntegrating ExplanationsPrinciple Matters: Social Psychology’s Guiding PrinciplesPrinciple 1: Social Behavior Is PurposivePrinciple 2: Social Behavior Stems From Both Dispositional and Situational InfluencesPrinciple 3: Social Behavior Is Influenced by How People Construe SituationsPrinciple 4: Social Behavior Is CulturalScience Matters: Social Psychology Is a ScienceHindsight BiasScience Is Not What You ThinkDoing Research: An Introduction to Research MethodsResearch Matters: Beyond Lay TheoriesQuestions Matter: Good Questions and Good HypothesesTheory Matters: What Are Theories For?Final Thoughts: Social Psychology and Human Nature RevisitedCore ConceptsKey TermsThink Further!Suggested Readings2 | The Social BrainThe Case of Phineas