Table of Content

1. Theories and Methods in Social Psychology.
2. Person Perception: Forming Impressions of Others.
3. Social Cognition: Understanding the Social World.
4. The Self: Learning About the Self.
5. Attitudes and Attitude Change.
6. Prejudice.
7. Social Influence.
8. Interpersonal Attraction.
9. Personal Relationships.
10. Behavior in Groups.
11. Gender.
12. Helping Behavior.
13. Aggression.
14. Social Psychology and Health.
15. Social Psychology and the Law.

Salient Features

• "In the News" chapter openings help students comprehend the relevance of social psychology principles to current events.
• Research Highlight boxes are featured in many chapters and help students to better understand the concepts as well as current "hot topics" and research. In addition, there is strong coverage of sociocultural issues which includes issue on race and ethnicity. Coverage of cultural psychology topics have been integrated into the text to encourage students to consider the diversity of human experiences and compare/contract cultures.
• More streamlined text–Deletes chapter on Politics, making for a shorter, more easily accessible text.
• Increased emphasis on social cognition, the self, personal relationships, and evolutionary psychology.
• Updated and revised chapter on law–Written by Jennifer Hunt and Eugene Borgida, two recognized experts in the field. New topics include the influence of pretrial publicity on jurors, how jurors use character evidence, and the use of amicus curiae briefs to convey social psychological research to the courts.