Published: July 2017
Page Count: 568
ISBN (Digital): 978-1-4533-8496-1

Principles of Social Psychology

Version 2.0
By Charles Stangor

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This textbook is suitable for the following courses: Social Psychology and Fundamentals of Social Psychology.

Principles of Social Psychology is a comprehensive text covering all of the traditional topics. Rather than relying on “modules” or “appendices” of applied materials, Stangor integrates applied concepts to the text itself. Stangor weaves applications from other disciplines throughout the text, such as Business and Consumer Behavior, Politics and Government, Health and Behavior, and Law.

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Updated discussion of our human evolutionary past.
Expanded discussions of evolutionary psychology, explicit racism, intergroup violence, and contemporary theories of morality.
Updated figures and added in-text guidelines for interpreting figures that depict statistical interactions.
New chapter openers, including the benefits of mindfulness, the Trump presidential campaign, the 2017 Quebec City mosque attack, racism and the Black Lives Matter movement, and global warming as a social dilemma.
Added a number of citations related to the effects of social media use on personality and behavior.

1.1 Defining Social Psychology: History and Principles

1.2 Affect, Behavior, and Cognition

1.3 Conducting Research in Social Psychology

1.4 Chapter Summary

Chapter 2: Social Learning and Social Cognition

2.1 Sources of Social Knowledge

2.2 How We Use Our Expectations

2.3 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Social Cognition

2.4 Chapter Summary

Chapter 3: Social Affect

3.1 Moods and Emotions in Our Social Lives

3.2 Emotions, Stress, and Well-Being

3.3 How to Feel Better: Coping With Negative Emotions

3.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Social Affect

3.5 Chapter Summary

Chapter 4: The Self

4.1 The Cognitive Self: The Self-Concept

4.2 The Feeling Self: Self-Esteem

4.3 The Social Self: The Role of the Social Situation

4.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About the Self

4.5 Chapter Summary

Chapter 5: Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion

5.1 Exploring Attitudes

5.2 Changing Attitudes Through Persuasion

5.3 Changing Attitudes by Changing Behavior

5.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion

5.5 Chapter Summary

Chapter 6: Perceiving Others

6.1 Initial Impression Formation

6.2 Inferring Dispositions Using Causal Attribution

6.3 Individual and Cultural Differences in Person Perception

6.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Person Perception

6.5 Chapter Summary

Chapter 7: Influencing and Conforming

7.1 The Many Varieties of Conformity

7.2 Obedience, Power, and Leadership

7.3 Person, Gender, and Cultural Differences in Conformity

7.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Conformity

7.5 Chapter Summary

Chapter 8: Liking and Loving

8.1 Initial Attraction

8.2 Close Relationships: Liking and Loving Over the Long Term

8.3 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Liking and Loving

8.4 Chapter Summary

Chapter 9: Helping and Altruism

9.1 Understanding Altruism: Self and Other Concerns

9.2 The Role of Affect: Moods and Emotions

9.3 How the Social Context Influences Helping

9.4 Other Determinants of Helping

9.5 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Altruism

9.6 Chapter Summary

Chapter 10: Aggression

10.1 Defining Aggression

10.2 The Biological and Emotional Causes of Aggression

10.3 The Violence Around Us: How the Social Situation Influences Aggression

10.4 Personal and Cultural Influences on Aggression

10.5 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Aggression

10.6 Chapter Summary

Chapter 11: Group Performance and Decision Making

11.1 Understanding Social Groups

11.2 Group Process: The Plusses and Minuses of Working Together

11.3 Improving Group Performance

11.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Social Groups

11.5 Chapter Summary

Chapter 12: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

12.1 Social Categorization and Stereotyping

12.2 Ingroup Favoritism and Prejudice

12.3 Reducing Discrimination

12.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination

12.5 Chapter Summary

Chapter 13: Competition and Cooperation in Our Social Worlds

13.1 Conflict, Cooperation, Morality, and Fairness

13.2 How the Social Situation Creates Conflict: The Role of Social Dilemmas

13.3 Strategies for Producing Cooperation

13.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Cooperation and Competition

13.5 Chapter Summary

Appendix A: Answers to Quiz Questions

A.1 Chapter 1 through 13 Quiz Answers

A.2 Chapter 1

A.3 Chapter 2

A.4 Chapter 3

A.5 Chapter 4

A.6 Chapter 5

A.7 Chapter 6

A.8 Chapter 7

A.9 Chapter 8

A.10 Chapter 9

A.11 Chapter 10

A.12 Chapter 11

A.13 Chapter 12

A.14 Chapter 13

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Charles Stangor

University of Maryland, College Park

Charles Stangor is former Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland. He has also taught at the University of Tübingen in Germany. He received his B.A. from Beloit College and his Ph.D. from New York University. Dr. Stangor is the recipient of research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and from the National Science Foundation. He has published seven books and over fifty research articles and book chapters, and has served as an associate editor of the European Journal of Social Psychology. Dr. Stangor's research interests concern the development of stereotypes and prejudice, and their influences on individuals who are potential victims of discrimination. He is a charter fellow of the American Psychological Society and currently serves as a member of the executive committee of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology. Dr. Stangor regularly teaches Social Psychology (Psyc 221), Research Methods (Psyc 420) and, at the graduate level, Group Processes (Psyc 742). Dr. Stangor has also won a distinguished teaching award from the University of Maryland.

Additions & Errata

Changed "the 2008 elections" to "the 2016 elections" in 5.1. (11/9/18)
Changed "do matter and the social situation is" to "do matter, the social situation is." (11/9/18)