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_aAlcock, James. _912796 |
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_aAn introduction to social psychology: global perspectives/ _cJames Alcock & Stan Sadava |
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_aLos Angeles: _bSage, _c2014. |
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_axix, 633 p. : _bcol. ill. ; _c27 cm. |
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505 | _aMachine 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. | ||
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_aSocial interaction _912797 |
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_aSocial perception _912798 |
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_aInterpersonal relations _912799 |
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_aSadava, Stan. _912800 |
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