Social Psychology

Have you ever wondered why some people are attracted to each other? Or why some of your friends are more open to persuasion than others? Perhaps you’ve always wanted to know how to tell if someone is lying to you?

Social Psychology is a dynamic new textbook that captures the vitality of the discipline and its relevance to everyday life, helping you to answer questions such as these. With its distinctive coverage of classic concepts as well as emerging areas, this is the definitive introduction to social psychology. Furthermore, innovative feature boxes and fascinating real-life examples will help you develop a range of skills that will be relevant to your future career.

Social Psychology:

• takes an inclusive and open-minded look at key topics, incorporating a range of different viewpoints that are essential to understanding the discipline in the 21st century
• is written with a broad international perspective, covering classic and contemporary research from all parts of the world
• includes a variety of novel and lively features, including: ‘blind spots in social psychology’, ‘student project’ features, and ‘try it yourself’ exercises
• provides a chapter dedicated to the lessons and skills that can be learned from the study of social psychology and how you can apply these to your future studies and career.

Social Psychology comes with a companion website at www.palgrave.com/psychology/suttondouglas where students and lecturers can find a host of high-quality supporting materials.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Discipline Of Social Psychology

Part 1: Thinking and feeling
Chapter 2 The Social Self: Understanding Ourselves
Chapter 3 The Social Perceiver: Understanding The Social World
Chapter 4 The Social Judge: Attitudes, Emotions And Behaviour

Part 2: Relating
Chapter 5 Communication
Chapter 6 Persuasion
Chapter 7 Close Relationships

Part 3: Belonging
Chapter 8 The Social Group
Chapter 9 Social Influence
Chapter 10 Group Behaviour
Chapter 11 Intergroup Relations

Part 4: Applying
Chapter 12 Improving Intergroup Relations
Chapter 13 Understanding And Controlling Aggression
Chapter 14 Altruism And Justice
Chapter 15 Social Psychology: An Overview