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Social Psychology Elliot Aronson

Social Psychology By Elliot Aronson

Social Psychology by Elliot Aronson


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Comprehensive, up-to-date and written in an accessible fashion, this book attempts to convey to the reader the excitement and enthusiasm that the authors feel about social psychology.

Social Psychology Summary

Social Psychology: The Heart and the Mind by Elliot Aronson

In "Social Psychology", three experts in the field draw on their combined 65 years of teaching, scholarship and deep understanding of the process of research to weave an insightful narrative out of the history of social psychology. Comprehensive, up-to-date and written in an accessible fashion, this book attempts to convey to the reader the excitement and enthusiasm that the authors feel about social psychology, including examples from real life to provide a way into the subjects covered in each chapter and vivid descriptions of experiments.

Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION. 1. Introduction to Social Psychology. 2. Methodology: The Process of Doing Research. 11. UNDERSTANDING OURSELVES AND THE SOCIAL WORLD. 3. Cognitive Dissonance and the Need to Maintain Self Esteem. 4. Social Cognition: How we think about the Social World. 5. Social Perception: How We Come to Understand other People. 6. Self-Understanding: How do we Know Ourselves? III. SOCIAL INFLUENCE. 7. Conformity: Influencing Behaviour. 8. The Definition of Attitudes. 9. Group Processes. IV. SOCIAL INTERACTION. 10. Interpersonal Attraction: From First Impressions to Close Relationships. 11. Prosocial Behaviour. 12. Aggression: Why do we Hurt Other People? 13. Prejudice: Causes and Cures. V. APPLYING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. 14. Health and the Environment. 15. Law and Business.

Additional information

GOR001284694
9780060402945
0060402946
Social Psychology: The Heart and the Mind by Elliot Aronson
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Pearson Education Limited
1994-02-28
688
N/A
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