Social Psychology

Contents: Preface. 1. Social psychology: an identity. 2. Seeds of aggression. 3. Prevention of aggression. 4. Functions of social identification. 5. Influence and identity. 6. Informal leadership. 7. Social uncertainty and the problem of trust. 8. Impressions of persons. 9. Language in social psychology. 10. Roles in social psychology. 11. Decisions and dissonance. 12. Interpersonal attraction. 13. Current resolution. 14. Psychoanalysis and social activity. 15. Holistic theories. 16. Methodology in social psychology. 17. Theory of cognitive dissonance. 18. Justice, social identity and group processes. 19. Moderating effects of social comparison and contingencies. Bibliographies. Index.

"Social Psychology is the study of the nature and causes of human social behaviour, with an emphasis on how people think towards each other and how they relate to each other. As the mind is the axis around which social behaviour pivots, social psychologists tend to study the relationship between mind(s) and social behaviours.

This complete and integrative study of social psychology employs a real-world story telling approach to convey the science of the field in a fascinating, memorable, and entertaining manner, helping readers understand the whole context of the field how theories inspire research, why research is performed as it is, how further research triggers new avenues of study and how all of this impacts their everyday lives." (jacket)