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Acknowledgments
Preface
About the Book
Defining Social Psychology: History and Principles
Affect, Behavior, and Cognition
Conducting Research in Social Psychology
Chapter Summary
Sources of Social Knowledge
How We Use Our Expectations
Social Cognition and Affect
Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Social Cognition
The Cognitive Self: The Self-Concept
The Feeling Self: Self-Esteem
The Social Self: The Role of the Social Situation
Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about the Self
Exploring Attitudes
Changing Attitudes through Persuasion
Changing Attitudes by Changing Behavior
Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion
Initial Impression Formation
Inferring Dispositions Using Causal Attribution
Biases in Attribution
Individual Differences in Person Perception
Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Person Perception
The Many Varieties of Conformity
Obedience, Power, and Leadership
Person, Gender, and Cultural Differences in Conformity
Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Social Influence
Initial Attraction
Close Relationships: Liking and Loving over the Long Term
Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Liking and Loving
Understanding Altruism: Self and Other Concerns
The Role of Affect: Moods and Emotions
How the Social Context Influences Helping
Other Determinants of Helping
Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Altruism
Defining Aggression
The Biological and Emotional Causes of Aggression
The Violence around Us: How the Social Situation Influences Aggression
Personal and Cultural Influences on Aggression
Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Aggression
Improving Group Performance and Decision Making
Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Social Groups
Understanding Social Groups
Group Performance
Group Decision Making
Social Categorization and Stereotyping
Ingroup Favoritism and Prejudice
Reducing Discrimination
Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination
Conflict, Cooperation, Morality, and Fairness
How the Social Situation Creates Conflict: The Role of Social Dilemmas
Strategies for Producing Cooperation
Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Cooperation and Competition
About the Authors
Glossary
Versioning History
Glossary 2
Fun
THisfun
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