Alcock, James.  <br/><br/>
An introduction to social psychology: global perspectives/ 
James Alcock & Stan Sadava. 
 - Los Angeles:  Sage,  2014. 
 - xix, 633 p. :  col. ill. ;  27 cm. 
<br/><br/>pt. I Introducing social psychology <br/><br/>Introducing social psychology <br/><br/>What social psychology is and is not <br/><br/>Social psychology yesterday and today <br/><br/>Culture, globalization and social psychology <br/><br/>Applied social psychology <br/><br/>Science and social psychology <br/><br/>An overall perspective <br/><br/>A note on the text <br/><br/>Sources of information <br/><br/>Further reading <br/><br/>1.Studying social behaviour <br/><br/>Finding patterns in nature <br/><br/>Measurement <br/><br/>Research methods <br/><br/>Non-experimental methods <br/><br/>Experimental methods <br/><br/>Cross-cultural research <br/><br/>Meta-analysis <br/><br/>Research ethics <br/><br/>A final note <br/><br/>Summary <br/><br/>Further reading <br/><br/>Weblinks <br/><br/>pt. II Understanding your social world <br/><br/>2.Social perception and cognition <br/><br/>Forming impressions of people <br/><br/>Attributions of causality <br/><br/>Attribution theories <br/><br/>Attributional biases <br/><br/>An evaluation of attribution theories <br/><br/>Social cognition <br/><br/>Categorical thinking: The schema <br/><br/>Processing social information Note continued: Construal-level theory and counterfactual thinking <br/><br/>Rapid reasoning <br/><br/>Integrative complexity in thinking <br/><br/>A final note <br/><br/>Summary <br/><br/>Further reading <br/><br/>Weblinks <br/><br/>3.The social self <br/><br/>Self-schemata and their effects <br/><br/>Self-evaluation <br/><br/>Self-regulation <br/><br/>Culture and the self <br/><br/>Presenting ourselves to others <br/><br/>Knowing yourself, or feeling good about yourself? <br/><br/>Final note <br/><br/>Summary <br/><br/>Further reading <br/><br/>Weblinks <br/><br/>4.Attitudes, ideologies and values <br/><br/>The nature of attitudes <br/><br/>Measuring attitudes <br/><br/>Ideology <br/><br/>Personal and social values <br/><br/>Character values <br/><br/>Functions of attitudes <br/><br/>The relationship between attitudes and behaviour <br/><br/>A final note <br/><br/>Summary <br/><br/>Further reading <br/><br/>Weblinks <br/><br/>pt. III Influencing others <br/><br/>5.Attitude change <br/><br/>From the inside out: Cognitive consistency and attitude change <br/><br/>The evolution of cognitive dissonance theory <br/><br/>A revised model of cognitive dissonance Note continued: Attitude change: From the outside in: Persuasion and attitude change <br/><br/>What predicts persuasion? <br/><br/>How these factors combine <br/><br/>Persuasion and cognition: A dual-process approach <br/><br/>Elaboration likelihood model <br/><br/>Limits to persuasion <br/><br/>Is attitude change `real'? <br/><br/>A final note <br/><br/>Summary <br/><br/>Further reading <br/><br/>Weblinks <br/><br/>6.Social influence <br/><br/>Unintended social influence <br/><br/>Conformity <br/><br/>Direct influence <br/><br/>The adamant minority <br/><br/>Nonconformity and innovation <br/><br/>Intentional influence <br/><br/>Obedience <br/><br/>Disobedience <br/><br/>A final note <br/><br/>Summary <br/><br/>Further reading <br/><br/>Weblinks <br/><br/>7.Language and communication <br/><br/>What is said: The words<br/><br/>How it is said: Paralanguage <br/><br/>Who said it: Language and impressions of the speaker <br/><br/>Language and gender: Do women and men speak differently? <br/><br/>Language and discrimination <br/><br/>Language accommodation and group boundaries <br/><br/>Who becomes bilingual? <br/><br/>Non-verbal communication <br/><br/>Categories of non-verbal behaviour Note continued: A final note <br/><br/>Summary <br/><br/>Further reading <br/><br/>Weblinks <br/><br/>pt. IV Friends and foes <br/><br/>8.Interpersonal attraction and close relationships <br/><br/>Affiliation and attachment <br/><br/>Interpersonal attraction <br/><br/>The power of physical attractiveness <br/><br/>Similarity and attraction <br/><br/>Reinforcement, reciprocity and attraction <br/><br/>Intimacy and close relationship<br/><br/>Love <br/><br/>Relationship problems <br/><br/>Loneliness <br/><br/>Summary <br/><br/>Further reading <br/><br/>Weblinks <br/><br/>9.Prosocial behaviour <br/><br/>Exploring the meaning of prosocial behaviour <br/><br/>The roots of prosocial behaviour <br/><br/>Prosocial reactions to help and harm <br/><br/>Taking prosocial action: Volunteerism <br/><br/>The bystander effect <br/><br/>Heroism <br/><br/>The beneficiary <br/><br/>A final note <br/><br/>Summary <br/><br/>Further reading <br/><br/>Weblinks <br/><br/>10.Cooperation and conflict <br/><br/>Social exchange theory <br/><br/>Social conflict as a `game' <br/><br/>Factors affecting the course of conflict <br/><br/>Intergroup conflict <br/><br/>Resolution of conflict <br/><br/>A final note <br/><br/>Summary <br/><br/>Further reading Note continued: Weblinks <br/><br/>11.Aggression <br/><br/>Exploring the meaning of aggression <br/><br/>Researching aggression <br/><br/>The roots of aggression <br/><br/>Is violence sick? <br/><br/>The General Aggression Model <br/><br/>The reduction of aggression <br/><br/>A final note <br/><br/>Summary <br/><br/>Further reading <br/><br/>Weblinks <br/><br/>pt. V People in groups <br/><br/>12.Social identity, groups and leadership <br/><br/>Social categorization, identification and comparison <br/><br/>Social comparison <br/><br/>Social Identity Theory and Self-Categorization Theory <br/><br/>Small groups <br/><br/>Leadership <br/><br/>Characteristics of the leader <br/><br/>Group decision-making <br/><br/>Groupthink <br/><br/>A final note <br/><br/>Summary <br/><br/>Further reading <br/><br/>Weblinks <br/><br/>13.Prejudice <br/><br/>Prejudice <br/><br/>The nature of prejudice <br/><br/>The affective component of prejudice <br/><br/>Discrimination: The behavioural component of prejudice <br/><br/>The origins of prejudice <br/><br/>The prejudiced personality <br/><br/>The victims of prejudice<br/><br/>Can prejudice be reduced or eliminated? <br/><br/>Sexism <br/><br/>Summary <br/><br/>Further reading <br/><br/>Weblinks Note continued: <br/><br/>14.Crowds and collective behaviour <br/><br/>What is collective behaviour? <br/><br/>Contagion <br/><br/>Rumou<br/><br/>Urban legends <br/><br/>Conspiracy theories <br/><br/>Fads and fashions <br/><br/>Social movements <br/><br/>A final note <br/><br/>Summary <br/><br/>Further reading <br/><br/>Weblinks <br/><br/>pt. VI Social psycology in action <br/><br/>15.Applied social psychology <br/><br/>Social psychology and the law <br/>The trial <br/><br/>Justice <br/><br/>Health and well-being <br/><br/>Psychosocial health risks <br/><br/>Treatment and recovery <br/><br/>Social psychology and public health <br/><br/>Well-being: More than absence of illness <br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781446256183 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social psychology	<br/>Social perception	<br/>Social interaction<br/>Interpersonal relations
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302  / ALC/I