Social Psychology

This classic text, now in its eleventh edition, is appropriate for under-graduate and postgraduate students of psychology and sociology. Retaining several special features of previous editions, it offers up-to-date coverage of the rapidly evolving field of social psychology in a highly readable manner. The new edition focuses on emerging themes, such as the interface between social cognition and social behavior, social neuroscience, the role of implicit processes in both social thought and behavior, and growing attention and issues with social diversity.

The authors have totally revised several chapters to reflect major advances and reorientations. They have also covered dozens of new topics, to take account of new lines of research and important new findings.

KEY FEATURES

 The Science of Social Psychology: Making Sense of Common Sense—This new feature shows how the findings of social psychology have reversed or refined common sense ideas. For example: Can we be scared into changing our attitudes? Do opposites attract?

 Beyond the Headlines: As Social Psychologists See It —This feature takes real-life news events and examines them from the field of social psychology by illustrating how the topics can be applied to many aspects of human behavior.

 Ideas to Take with You appears at the end of every chapter to highlight important concepts that readers will find helpful in many contexts in the years ahead.

 Connections tables at the end of every chapter help explain the relationship between certain topics within the field of social psychology.

 Critical Thinking questions follow the “Connections” tables.

 Key Points at the end of every major section help readers understand the most important concepts.

 Key Terms in bold help students look for definitions (both within the text and the glossary).

 Summary and Review at the end of each chapter help students assess their understanding.