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What Is Social Psychology? LO 1.1 Define social psychology and explain why it relies on scientific description and theory. LO 1.2 Explain why social psychology is considered a bridge discipline. Social psychology is the scientific study of how people’s thoughts, feelings, and be-haviors are influenced by other people.
Chapter 1 presents an introduction to social psychology and the research methods in social psychology, Chapter 2 presents the fundamental principles of social cognition, and Chapter 3 focuses on social affect.
Social influence describes how our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors respond to our social world, including our tendencies to conform to others, follow social rules, and obey authority figures.
This textbook presents core concepts common to introductory social psychology courses. The 8 units include 27 modules covering key social psych topics such as research methods, group processes, social influence, and relationships.
All of the chapters and sections are organized in the traditional Social Psychology textbook arrangement, starting with research methods in social psychology, then social cognition, the self, attitudes and behavior, and so forth.
1. Introducing Social Psychology . Defining Social Psychology: History and Principles 5 Affect, Behavior, and Cognition 20 Conducting Research in Social Psychology 27 Chapter Summary 44 . 2. Social Cognition . Sources of Social Knowledge 51 How We Use Our Expectations 66 Social Cognition and Affect 91
fully revised and updated edition of Social Psychology is a highly accessible and engaging explora- tion of the question “what is it that makes us who we are?” With hundreds of real-world examples, figures, and photographs and grounded in the latest research,