Exploring Social Psychologysuccinctly explores social psychological science and applies it to contemporary issues and everyday life. Based on the bestselling text, Social Psychology by David Myers and Jean Twenge, the book presents 31 short modules that introduce students to such scientific explorations as love and hate, conformity and independence, prejudice and helping, and persuasion and self-determination. Exploring Social Psychology represents social psychologys scope and highlights its scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another.
The 9th edition includes Connect and SmartBook, the adaptive reading and study experience which guides students to master, recall, and apply key concepts while providing automatically-graded assessments.
Preface PART ONE Introducing Social Psychology MODULE 1 Doing Social Psychology MODULE 2 Did You Know It All Along? PART TWO Social Thinking MODULE 3 Self-Concept: Who Am I? MODULE 4 Self-Serving Bias MODULE 5 Narcissism and the Limits of Self-Esteem MODULE 6 The Fundamental Attribution Error MODULE 7 The Powers and Perils of Intuition MODULE 8 Reasons for Unreason MODULE 9 Behavior and Belief MODULE 10 Clinical Intuition MODULE 11 Clinical Therapy: The Powers of Social Cognition PART THREE Social Influence MODULE 12 Biology and Culture MODULE 13 Gender Similarities and Differences MODULE 14 How Nice People Get Corrupted MODULE 15 Two Routes to Persuasion MODULE 16 Indoctrination and Inoculation MODULE 17 Social Facilitation: The Mere Presence of Others MODULE 18 Social Loafing: Many Hands Make Diminished Responsibility MODULE 19 Deindividuation: Doing Together What We Would Not Do Alone MODULE 20 Group Polarization: How Do Groups Intensify Decisions? MODULE 21 Power to the Person PART FOUR Social Relations