Social psychology : how other people influence our thoughts and actions

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Contents Preface Introduction Timeline of Social Psychology 1. The History of Social Psychology Part I: Individuals and Social Psychology 2. The Self and Social Comparison Processes 3. Stereotyping and Its Impact 4. Emotional Intelligence and the Attachment Behavioral System 5. Application: Who Am I Now? Understanding and Supporting Veterans Transitioning to College 6. Application: Trauma and Its Social Implications 7. Application: Autism and Its Social Implications 8. Application: Self-Harm 9. Conflict, Aggression, and Cyberbullying 10. Application: Mass Shootings: Individual, Community, and Societal Perspectives 11. Application: The Self and False Confessions in the Courtroom 12. Application: Social Issues in the Transgender Community Part II: Groups and Social Psychology 13. Mindfulness and Social Caring: Affecting Our Internal and Social World 14. We Communicate, Therefore I Think: Making Thoughtful Action 15. Attraction: The Many Factors That Draw Us to Like, Lust, and Love 16. Sexuality and Sexual Behavior 17. Group Perception and Social Norms 18. Application: Reducing Prejudice 19. Crowds, Riots, and Collective Violence 20. Application: A Social Psychology Experiment on Learning by Social Immersion 21. Addiction and Social Learning Part III: Culture and Social Psychology 22. Application: Epidemics and the Epidemic of Fear They Bring 23. Application: Latino Social Identity and the Cultural Influence of the Supernatural 24. Application: Prison, Culture, and Community 25. Application: The Social Implications of Restorative Justice 26. Application: Cultural Trauma in American Indian Populations 27. Application: Social Influence and the Anatomy of a Presidential Election Campaign Part IV: Perspectives and Debates Debate 1. Is Love Biological or Is It a Cultural Phenomenon? Debate 2. Sex Education in Schools: Comprehensive versus Abstinence Education Debate 3. Do We Try to Encourage Gender-Variant Children to Stay in Standard Roles or Support Them? Debate 4. Stand Your Ground or Flee? Debate 5. Are Leaders Born or Made? Important Historical Figures in Social Psychology Floyd H. Allport Gordon W. Allport Solomon Asch Roger Brown Donald T. Campbell Kenneth Bancroft Clark and Mamie Phipps Clark Morton Deutsch Leon Festinger Fritz Heider Evelyn Gentry Hooker Carl Iver Hovland Irving Janis Gustave Le Bon Kurt Lewin William McDougall Stanley Milgram Maximilien Ringelmann Stanley Schachter Carolyn Wood Sherif Muzafer Sherif Francis Cecil Sumner Henri Tajfel Norman Triplett Classic Experiments in Social Psychology 1939–1940s—Clark Doll Experiment 1951—Conformity 1954–1961—The Robbers Cave Experiment (Intergroup Conflict and Cooperation) 1958—Harlow’s “Wire/Cloth” Monkey Experiments 1959—Cognitive Dissonance 1961—Bobo Doll Experiment 1962—Interpersonal Bargaining 1963—Obedience Experiment 1968—Bystander Effect or Bystander Apathy 1968—The Blue-Eyed Children Experiment (“A Class Divided") 1971—Stanford Prison Experiment 1971—Social Identity Theory 1977—False Consensus Bias/Egocentric Bias 1979—Halo Effect Glossary Recommended Reading About the Editor and Contributors Index