TY  - BOOK
AU  - Branscombe, Nyla R
AU  - Baron, Robert A
TI  - Social Psychology: Global Edition
SN  - 9781292159096
U1  - 302 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Harlow
PB  - Pearson
KW  - English
KW  - Social Psychology
N1  - 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
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