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Social psychology / Eliot Smith and Diane Mackie.

By: Smith, Eliot R.
Contributor(s): Mackie, Diane M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Philadelphia : Psychology Press, c2000Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxix, 673 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 086377587X ; 9780863775871.Subject(s): Social psychology | Society | Social, group or collective psychologyDDC classification: 302 | 302 SMI
Contents:
What is social psychology? -- Asking and answering research questions -- Perceiving individuals -- The self -- Perceiving groups -- Social identity -- Attitudes and attitude change -- Attitudes and behavior -- Groups, norms and conformity -- Norms and behavior -- Liking and loving -- Interaction in groups -- Aggression and conflict -- Helping and cooperation -- Epilogue.
Summary: This text provides a synthesis of the cognitive and social, individual and group influences that shape social behaviour. It integrates the North American focus on individual behaviour with the European focus on group behaviour and considers research.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Previous ed.: New York, N.Y. : Worth Publishers, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 597-652) and indexes.

What is social psychology? -- Asking and answering research questions -- Perceiving individuals -- The self -- Perceiving groups -- Social identity -- Attitudes and attitude change -- Attitudes and behavior -- Groups, norms and conformity -- Norms and behavior -- Liking and loving -- Interaction in groups -- Aggression and conflict -- Helping and cooperation -- Epilogue.

This text provides a synthesis of the cognitive and social, individual and group influences that shape social behaviour. It integrates the North American focus on individual behaviour with the European focus on group behaviour and considers research.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • What is social psychology?
  • Asking and answering research questions
  • Perceiving individuals
  • The self
  • Perceiving groups
  • Social identity
  • Attitudes and attitude change
  • Attitudes and behavior
  • Groups, norms and conformity
  • Norms and behavior
  • Liking and loving
  • Interaction in groups
  • Aggression and conflict
  • Helping and cooperation
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Author index
  • Subject index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Eliot Smith earned his B.A. and Ph.D. at Harvard University. He is now Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. He has chaired the Social and Group Processes research review committee of the United States National Institute of Mental Health, and served as associate editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and as a member of the editorial boards of several major social psychology journals.
Diane M. Mackie is Professor of Psychology and Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Mackie received her BA and MA at the University of Auckland. She received her PhD in social psychology from Princeton University.