04219nam a22002297a 4500 OSt 20240208052837.0 180116b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781292159096 129215909X ZAAPA 302 Branscombe, Nyla R 25390 Social Psychology: Global Edition Fourteenth Edition Harlow Pearson 2017 524p Paperback 27.5cm Social psychology: Social psychology - What it is and is not; Social Psychology: Advances at the bounderies; How Social Psychologists answer the questions they ask: Research as the route to increased knowledge -- Social Cognition: Heuristics: How we employ simple rules in social cognition; What research tells us about... people's preference for the status quo; Schemas: Mental frameworks for organizing social information; Automatic and controlled processing in social thought; Potential sources of error in social cognition: why total rationality is rarer than you think; Affect and cognition: How feelings shape thought and thought shapes feelings: What research tells us about .. why not controlling ourselves can make us feel good -- Siocial percerption: Nonverbal communication: An unspoken language; Attribution: Understanding the causes of behaviour; Impression formation and management: combining information about others -- The self: Self-presentation: Managing the self in different social contexts; Self-knowledge: Determining who we are; Personal identity versus social identity; Social comparison: How we evaluate ourselves; Self-esteem: Attitudes toward ourselves; The self as a target of prejudice -- Attitudes: Attitude formation: How attitudes develop; When and why do attitudes influence behavior?; How do attitudes guide behavior?; The science of persuasion: How attitudes are changed; Resisting persuasion attempts; Cognitive dissonance: What is it and how do we manage it? -- Causes and cures of stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination: How members of different groups perceive inequality; The nature and origins of stereotyping; Prejudice: feelings toward social groups; Discrimination: Prejudice in action; Why prejudice is not inevitable: Techniques for countering its effects -- Liking, love, and other close relationships: Internal sources of liking others: The role of needs and emotions; External sources of attraction: The effects of proximity, familiarity and physical beauty; Sources of liking based on social interaction; Close relationships: Foundations of social life -- Social influence: Conformity: How groups and norms influence our behavior; Compliance: To ask somtimes is to receive; Obedience to Authority: Would you harm someone if ordered to do so?; Unintentional social influence: How others change our behavior even when they are not trying to do so -- Prosocial behavior: Why people help: Motives for prosocial behavior; Responding to an emergency: Will bystanders help?; Factors that increase or decrease the tendency to help; Crowdfunding: A new type of prosocial behavior; Final thoughts: Are prosocial behavior and aggression opposites? -- Agression: Perspectives on aggression: In search of the roots of violence; Causes of human aggression: Social, cultural, personal and situational; Aggression in the classroom and workplace; The prevention and control of aggression: Some useful techniques -- Groups and individuals: Groups: When we join and when we leave; Effects of the presence of others: From task performance to behavior in crowds; Coordination in groups: cooperation or conflict; Perceived fairness in groups: Its nature and effects; Decision making by groups: How it occurs and the pitfalls it faces; The role of leadership in group settings -- Dealing with adversity and achieving a happy life: Social sources of stress and their effects on personal well-being; Social tactics for decreasing the harmful effects of stress; Making the legal system more fair and effective; Fostering happiness in our lives. English Social Psychology Baron, Robert A 25391 ddc BK 40406 40406 0 0 ddc 0 1 DAPA DAPA 2018-01-16 302 BRA APA073585 2018-01-16 1 2018-01-16 RES