An introduction to social psychology: global perspectives/ James Alcock & Stan Sadava

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Introducing social psychology --
Introducing social psychology --
What social psychology is and is not --
Social psychology yesterday and today --
Culture, globalization and social psychology --
Applied social psychology --
Science and social psychology --
An overall perspective --
A note on the text --
Sources of information --
Further reading --
1. Studying social behaviour --
Finding patterns in nature --
Measurement --
Research methods --
Non-experimental methods --
Experimental methods --
Cross-cultural research --
Meta-analysis --
Research ethics --
A final note --
Summary --
Further reading --
Weblinks --
pt. II Understanding your social world --
2. Social perception and cognition --
Forming impressions of people --
Attributions of causality --
Attribution theories --
Attributional biases --
An evaluation of attribution theories --
Social cognition --
Categorical thinking: The schema --
Processing social information Note continued: Construal-level theory and counterfactual thinking --
Rapid reasoning --
Integrative complexity in thinking --
A final note --
Summary --
Further reading --
Weblinks --
3. The social self --
Self-schemata and their effects --
Self-evaluation --
Self-regulation --
Culture and the self --
Presenting ourselves to others --
Knowing yourself, or feeling good about yourself? --
Final note --
Summary --
Further reading --
Weblinks --
4. Attitudes, ideologies and values --
The nature of attitudes --
Measuring attitudes --
Ideology --
Personal and social values --
Character values --
Functions of attitudes --
The relationship between attitudes and behaviour --
A final note --
Summary --
Further reading --
Weblinks --
pt. III Influencing others --
5. Attitude change --
From the inside out: Cognitive consistency and attitude change --
The evolution of cognitive dissonance theory --
A revised model of cognitive dissonance Note continued: Attitude change: From the outside in: Persuasion and attitude change --
What predicts persuasion? --
How these factors combine --
Persuasion and cognition: A dual-process approach --
Elaboration likelihood model --
Limits to persuasion --
Is attitude change `real'? --
A final note --
Summary --
Further reading --
Weblinks --
6. Social influence --
Unintended social influence --
Conformity --
Direct influence --
The adamant minority --
Nonconformity and innovation --
Intentional influence --
Obedience --
Disobedience --
A final note --
Summary --
Further reading --
Weblinks --
7. Language and communication --
What is said: The words --
How it is said: Paralanguage --
Who said it: Language and impressions of the speaker --
Language and gender: Do women and men speak differently? --
Language and discrimination --
Language accommodation and group boundaries --
Who becomes bilingual? --
Non-verbal communication --
Categories of non-verbal behaviour Note continued: A final note --
Summary --
Further reading --
Weblinks --
pt. IV Friends and foes --
8. Interpersonal attraction and close relationships --
Affiliation and attachment --
Interpersonal attraction --
The power of physical attractiveness --
Similarity and attraction --
Reinforcement, reciprocity and attraction --
Intimacy and close relationships --
Love --
Relationship problems --
Loneliness --
Summary --
Further reading --
Weblinks --
9. Prosocial behaviour --
Exploring the meaning of prosocial behaviour --
The roots of prosocial behaviour --
Prosocial reactions to help and harm --
Taking prosocial action: Volunteerism --
The bystander effect --
Heroism --
The beneficiary --
A final note --
Summary --
Further reading --
Weblinks --
10. Cooperation and conflict --
Social exchange theory --
Social conflict as a `game' --
Factors affecting the course of conflict --
Intergroup conflict --
Resolution of conflict --
A final note --
Summary --
Further reading Note continued: Weblinks --
11. Aggression --
Exploring the meaning of aggression --
Researching aggression --
The roots of aggression --
Is violence sick? --
The General Aggression Model --
The reduction of aggression --
A final note --
Summary --
Further reading --
Weblinks --
pt. V People in groups --
12. Social identity, groups and leadership --
Social categorization, identification and comparison --
Social comparison --
Social Identity Theory and Self-Categorization Theory --
Small groups --
Leadership --
Characteristics of the leader --
Group decision-making --
Groupthink --
A final note --
Summary --
Further reading --
Weblinks --
13. Prejudice --
Prejudice --
The nature of prejudice --
The affective component of prejudice --
Discrimination: The behavioural component of prejudice --
The origins of prejudice --
The prejudiced personality --
The victims of prejudice --
Can prejudice be reduced or eliminated? --
Sexism --
Summary --
Further reading --
Weblinks Note continued: 14. Crowds and collective behaviour --
What is collective behaviour? --
Contagion --
Rumour --
Urban legends --
Conspiracy theories --
Fads and fashions --
Social movements --
A final note --
Summary --
Further reading --
Weblinks --
pt. VI Social psychology in action --
15. Applied social psychology --
Social psychology and the law --
The trial --
Justice --
Health and well-being --
Psychosocial health risks --
Treatment and recovery --
Social psychology and public health --
Well-being: More than absence of illness --
Summary --
Further reading --
Weblinks.