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Social Psychology

by: Baron, Robert A.; Branscombe, Nyla R.; Byrne, Donn R.

Social Psychology

by: Baron, Robert A.; Branscombe, Nyla R.; Byrne, Donn R.

ISBN 13:
9780205444120
ISBN 10:
0205444121
Edition: 11th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 01/01/2009
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
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Special Features

xxiii

Preface

xxv

Acknowledgments

xxxi

About the Authors

xxxii

The Field of Social Psychology: How We Think about and Interact with Others

(36)

Social Psychology: A Working Definition

(9)

Social Psychology Is Scientific in Nature

(2)

Social Psychology Focuses on the Behavior of Individuals

(1)

Social Psychology Seeks to Understand the Causes of Social Behavior and Social Thought

(5)

Social Psychology: Summing Up

(1)

Social Psychology: Its Cutting Edge

(4)

Cognition and Behavior: Two Sides of the Same Social Coin

(1)

Social Neuroscience: Where Social Psychology and Neuroscience Meet

(1)

The Role of Implicit (Nonconscious) Processes

(1)

Taking Full Account of Social Diversity

(1)

Answering Questions about Social Behavior and Social Thought: Research Methods in Social Psychology

(12)

Understanding Research Methods: What's in It for You

(1)

Systematic Observation: Describing the World around Us

(1)

Correlation: The Search for Relationships

(4)

The Experimental Method: Knowledge through Systematic Intervention

(3)

Interpreting Research Results: The Use of Statistics, and Social Psychologists as Perennial Skeptics

(1)

The Role of Theory in Social Psychology

(2)

The Quest for Knowledge and Rights of Individuals: Seeking an Appropriate Balance

(2)

Using This Book: A Fugitive Preface

(1)

Summary and Review of Key Points

(1)

Ideas to Take with You---and Use!

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

For More Information

(2)

Social Cognition: Thinking about the Social World

(42)

Schemas: Mental Frameworks for Organizing---and Using---Social Information

(4)

The Impact of Schemas on Social Cognition: Attention, Encoding, Retrieval

(2)

The Self---Confirming Nature of Schemas: When---and Why---Beliefs Shape Reality

(2)

Heuristics and Automatic Processing: How We Reduce Our Effort in Social Cognition

(4)

Representativeness: Judging by Resemblance

(1)

Availability: ``If I Can Think of It, It Must Be Important.''

(1)

Anchoring and Adjustment: Where You Begin Makes a Difference

(1)

Beyond The Headlines: As Social Psychologists See It---Unsafe at Any Size?

(6)

Automatic Processing in Social Thought: Saving Effort---But at a Cost!

(1)

Controlled versus Automatic Processing in Evaluating the Social World: Evidence from Social Neuroscience

(2)

Potential Sources of Error in Social Cognition: Why Total Rationality Is Rarer Than You Think

(12)

Negativity Bias: The Tendency to Pay Extra Attention to Negative Information

(1)

The Optimistic Bias: Our Tendency to See the World through Rose-Colored Glasses

(3)

Counterfactual Thinking: The Effects of Considering What Might Have Been

(2)

Thought Suppression: Why Efforts to Avoid Thinking Certain Thoughts Sometimes Backfire

(2)

Limits on Our Ability to Reason about the Social World: Magical Thinking and Ignoring Moderating Variables

(2)

Social Cognition: Some Words of Optimism

(1)

Affect and Cognition: How Feelings Shape Thought and Thought Shapes Feelings

(3)

The Influence of Affect on Cognition

(2)

The Influence of Cognition on Affect

(1)

The Science of Social Psychology: Making Sense of Common Sense---Is Being in a Good Mood Always a Plus? The Potential Downside of Feeling ``Up''

(4)

Summary and Review of Key Points

(2)

Connections

(1)

Ideas to Take with You---and Use!

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

For More Information

(3)

Social Perception: Perceiving and Understanding Others

(42)

Nonverbal Communication: The Language of Expressions, Gazes, and Gestures

(8)

Nonverbal Communication: The Basic Channels

(4)

Recognizing Deception: The Role of Nonverbal Cues

(4)

The Science of Social Psychology: Making Sense of Common Sense---Does ``Women's Intuition'' Exist? And If So, Is It Based on the Ability to Use and Interpret Nonverbal Cues?

(1)

Attribution: Understanding the Causes of Others' Behavior

(16)

Theories of Attribution: Frameworks for Understanding How We Attempt to Make Sense of the Social World

(6)

Attribution: Some Basic Sources of Error

(6)

Applications of Attribution Theory: Insights and Interventions

105

(3)

Impression Formation and Impression Management: How We Integrate Social Information

108

(9)

A True Classic in Social Psychology: Asch's Research on Central and Peripheral Traits

108

(2)

Implicit Personality Theories: Schemas That Shape First Impressions

110

(2)

Impression Formation: A Cognitive Perspective

112

(1)

Other Aspects of Impression Formation: The Nature of First Impressions and Our Motives for Forming Them

113

(1)

Impression Management: The Fine Art of Looking Good

114

(3)

Beyond the Headlines: As Social Psychologists See It---First Impressions on the Run: Speed Dating

117

(1)

Summary and Review of Key Points

118

(2)

Connections

120

(1)

Ideas to Take with You---and Use!

120

(1)

Key Terms

121

(1)

For More Information

121

(2)

Attitudes: Evaluating the Social World

123

(46)

Attitude Formation: How Attitudes Develop

127

(1)

Social Learning: Acquiring Attitudes from Others

127

(6)

Classical Conditioning: Learning Based on Association

127

(2)

Instrumental Conditioning: Rewards for the ``Right'' Views

129

(1)

Observational Learning: Learning by Example

130

(1)

Role of Social Comparison

131

(2)

Attitude Functions: Why We Form Attitudes in the First Place

133

(4)

The Knowledge Function of Attitudes

133

(1)

The Identity Function of Attitudes

134

(1)

The Self-Esteem Function of Attitudes

135

(1)

The Ego-Defensive Function of Attitudes

135

(1)

The Impression Motivation Function of Attitudes

135

(2)

Role of the Social Context in the Link between Attitudes and Behavior

137

(1)

When and Why Do Attitudes Influence Behavior?

138

(3)

Situational Constraints That Affect Attitude Expression

138

(1)

Strength of Attitudes

139

(1)

Attitude Extremity

140

(1)

Role of Personal Experience

140

(1)

How Do Attitudes Guide Behavior?

141

(3)

Attitudes Based on Reasoned Thought

141

(2)

Attitudes and Spontaneous Behavioral Reactions

143

(1)

The Fine Art of Persuasion: How Attitudes Are Changed

144

(2)

Persuasion: Communicators and Audiences

145

(1)

The Science of Social Psychology: Making Sense of Common Sense---Fear Appeals: Do They Really Work?

146

(5)

The Cognitive Processes Underlying Persuasion

149

(2)

Resisting Persuasion Attempts

151

(4)

Reactance: Protecting Our Personal Freedom

151

(1)

Forewarning: Prior Knowledge of Persuasive Intent

152

(1)

Selective Avoidance of Persuasion Attempts

153

(1)

Actively Defending Our Attitudes: Counterarguing against the Competition

153

(1)

Inoculation against ``Bad Ideas''

154

(1)

Cognitive Dissonance: What It Is and How We Reduce It

155

(2)

Beyond The Headlines: As Social Psychologists See It---How TV Affects Attitudes toward Same-Sex Marriage: The Will & Grace Effect

157

(6)

Is Dissonance Really Unpleasant?

158

(1)

Is Dissonance a Universal Human Experience?

158

(2)

Dissonance and Attitude Change: The Effects of Induced or Forced Compliance

160

(1)

When Dissonance Is a Tool for Beneficial Changes in Behavior

161

(2)

Summary and Review of Key Points

163

(2)

Connections

165

(1)

Ideas to Take with You---and Use!

165

(1)

Key Terms

166

(1)

For More Information

167

(2)

The Self: Understanding ``Who Am I?''

169

(40)

Thinking about the Self: Personal versus Social Identity

171

(13)

Who I Am Depends on the Situation

174

(3)

Who I Am Depends on Others' Treatment

177

(2)

Self-Awareness: Terror Management

179

(2)

Possible Selves: The Self over Time

181

(3)

Self-Esteem: Attitudes toward the Self

184

(3)

The Measurement of Self-Esteem

184

(2)

Self-Serving Biases

186

(1)

Is High Self-Esteem Always Positive?

186

(1)

Beyond The Headlines: As Social Psychologists See It---When Complaining Runs Headlong into Self-Serving Biases

187

(3)

Do Women and Men Differ in Their Levels of Self-Esteem?

188

(2)

Social Comparison: Knowing the Self

190

(4)

Self-Presentation and Self-Regulation

193

(1)

The Science of Social Psychology: Making Sense of Common Sense---Is Looking Inwardly the Best Route to Self-Insight?

194

(2)

The Self as Target of Prejudice

196

(8)

Emotional Consequences: How Well-Being Can Suffer

197

(3)

Cognitive Consequences: Performance Deficits

200

(1)

Behavioral Consequences: Stereotype Threat

200

(4)

Summary and Review of Key Points

204

(1)

Connections

205

(1)

Ideas to Take with You---and Use!

206

(1)

Key Terms

206

(1)

For More Information

207

(2)

Prejudice: Its Causes, Effects, and Cures

209

(46)

The Nature and Origins of Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination

212

(8)

Stereotyping: Beliefs about Social Groups

213

(7)

The Science of Social Psychology: Making Sense of Common Sense---Shifting Standards: Does No Difference in Evaluations Indicate No Difference in Meaning?

220

(6)

Why Do People Form and Use Stereotypes?

220

(6)

Prejudice and Discrimination: Feelings and Actions toward Social Groups

226

(16)

The Origins of Prejudice: Contrasting Perspectives

230

(6)

Discrimination: Prejudice in Action

236

(3)

Consequences of Exposure to Others' Prejudice

239

(3)

Beyond The Headlines: As Social Psychologists See It---Reactions to the Harmful Actions of Members of Our Own National Group

242

(1)

Why Prejudice Is Not Inevitable: Techniques for Countering Its Effects

242

(7)

On Learning Not to Hate

243

(1)

The Potential Benefits of Contact

244

(1)

Recategorization: Changing the Boundaries

245

(1)

The Benefits of Guilt for Prejudice Reduction

246

(1)

Can We Learn to ``Just Say No'' to Stereotypes?

246

(1)

Social Influence as a Means of Reducing Prejudice

247

(2)

Summary and Review of Key Points

249

(2)

Connections

251

(1)

Ideas to Take with You---and Use!

252

(1)

Key Terms

253

(1)

For More Information

253

(2)

Interpersonal Attraction: Meeting, Liking, Becoming Acquainted

255

(38)

Internal Determinants of Attraction: The Need to Affiliate and the Basic Role of Affect

259

(8)

The Importance of Affiliation for Human Existence

259

(2)

Affect as a Basic Response System

261

(1)

Affect and Attraction

262

(1)

Additional Implications of the Affect---Attraction Relationship

263

(4)

External Determinants of Attraction: Proximity and Observable Characteristics

267

(10)

The Power of Proximity: Unplanned Contacts

267

(4)

Observable Characteristics: Instant Evaluations

271

(6)

Beyond The Headlines: As Social Psychologists See It---Voting for the Candidate Who Looks Like a President

277

(3)

Interactive Determinants of Attraction: Similarity and Mutual Liking

280

(1)

Similarity: Birds of a Feather Actually Do Flock Together

280

(1)

The Science of Social Psychology: Making Sense of Common Sense---Complementarity: Do Opposites Attract?

281

(7)

Attraction: Progressing from Bits and Pieces to an Overall Picture

286

(1)

Mutual Evaluations: Reciprocal Liking or Disliking

287

(1)

Summary and Review of Key Points

288

(1)

Connections

289

(1)

Ideas to Take with You---and Use!

290

(1)

Key Terms

291

(1)

For More Information

291

(2)

Close Relationships: Family, Friends, Lovers, and Spouses

293

(44)

Interdependent Relationships with Family and Friends versus Loneliness

296

(13)

Family: Where Relationships and Attachment Styles Begin

297

(5)

Beyond the Family: Friendships

302

(2)

Loneliness: Life without Close Relationships

304

(5)

Romantic Relationships and Falling in Love

309

(5)

Romance: Moving beyond Friendship

309

(2)

Selecting a Potential Mate: Different Criteria for Men and Women

311

(1)

Love: Who Can Explain It? Who Can Tell You Why? Just Maybe, Social Psychologists

312

(2)

The Science of Social Psychology: Making Sense of Common Sense---Written in the Stars or We Met on the Internet?

314

(7)

Marriage: Happily Ever After---and Otherwise

321

(1)

Marital Success and Satisfaction: Similarity, Personality, and Sexuality

321

(1)

Beyond The Headlines: As Social Psychologists See It---Gay Marriage, Civil Unions, and Family Values

322

(10)

Love and Marriage: Careers, Parenthood, and Family Composition

324

(3)

When Relationships Fail: Causes, Preventives, and Consequences

327

(5)

Summary and Review of Key Points

332

(1)

Connections

333

(1)

Ideas to Take with You---and Use!

333

(1)

Key Terms

334

(1)

For More Information

335

(2)

Social Influence: Changing Others' Behavior

337

(40)

Conformity: Group Influence in Action

339

(9)

Asch's Research on Conformity: Social Pressure---The Irresistible Force?

341

(2)

Factors Affecting Conformity: Variables That Determine the Extent to Which We ``Go Along''

343

(2)

Situational Norms: Automaticity in Normative Behavior

345

(1)

The Bases of Conformity: Why We Often Choose to ``Go Along''

346

(2)

Beyond The Headlines: As Social Psychologists See It---The Rocky Road to Social Acceptance?

348

(5)

Resisting Pressures to Conform: Why, Sometimes, We Choose Not to ``Go Along''

350

(3)

The Science of Social Psychology: Making Sense of Common Sense---Do Women and Men Differ in the Tendency to Conform?

353

(2)

Minority Influence: Does the Majority Always Rule?

353

(2)

Compliance: To Ask---Sometimes---Is to Receive

355

(7)

Compliance: The Underlying Principles

356

(1)

Tactics Based on Friendship or Liking: Ingratiation

356

(1)

Tactics Based on Commitment or Consistency: The Foot-in-the-Door and the Lowball

357

(2)

Tactics Based on Reciprocity: The Door-in-the-Face and the That's-Not-All Techniques

359

(1)

Tactics Based on Scarcity: Playing Hard to Get and the Fast-Approaching-Deadline Technique

360

(2)

Symbolic Social Influence: How We Are Influenced by Others Even When They Are Not There

362

(2)

Obedience to Authority: Would You Harm an Innocent Stranger if Ordered to Do So?

364

(5)

Obedience in the Laboratory

364

(2)

Destructive Obedience: Why It Occurs

366

(1)

Destructive Obedience: Resisting Its Effects

367

(2)

Social Influence Goes to Work: Influence Tactics in Work Settings

369

(2)

Summary and Review of Key Points

371

(2)

Connections

373

(1)

Ideas to Take with You---and Use!

373

(1)

Key Terms

374

(1)

For More Information

374

(3)

Prosocial Behavior: Helping Others

377

(40)

Responding to an Emergency: Will Bystanders Help?

379

(3)

When a Stranger Is Distressed: Heroism or Apathy?

379

(2)

Five Crucial Steps Determine Helping versus Not Helping

381

(1)

The Science of Social Psychology: Making Sense of Common Sense---Do More Witnesses to an Emergency Mean That More Help Is Given?

382

(16)

External and Internal Influences on Helping Behavior

389

(1)

Situational Factors That Enhance or Inhibit Helping

389

(3)

Emotions and Prosocial Behavior

392

(1)

Empathy and Other Personality Dispositions Associated with Helping

393

(5)

Long-Term Commitment to Prosocial Action and the Effects of Being Helped

398

(7)

Volunteering

398

(3)

Self-Interest, Moral Integrity, and Moral Hypocrisy

401

(2)

How Does It Feel to Be Helped?

403

(2)

The Basic Motivation for Engaging in Prosocial Acts

405

(5)

Empathy--Altruism: It Feels Good to Help Others

405

(3)

Negative-State Relief: Helping Makes You Feel Less Bad

408

(1)

Empathic Joy: Helping as an Accomplishment

408

(1)

Genetic Determinism: Helping as an Adaptive Response

409

(1)

Beyond The Headlines: As Social Psychologists See It---Is Helping as Joyful as Eating Ice Cream?

410

(2)

Summary and Review of Key Points

412

(1)

Connections

413

(1)

Ideas to Take with You---and Use!

414

(1)

Key Terms

415

(1)

For More Information

415

(2)

Aggression: Its Nature, Causes, and Control

417

(42)

Theoretical Perspectives on Aggression: In Search of the Roots of Violence

420

(5)

The Role of Biological Factors: From Instincts to the Evolutionary Perspective

420

(1)

Drive Theories: The Motive to Harm Others

421

(1)

Modern Theories of Aggression: The Social Learning Perspective and the General Aggression Model

422

(3)

Causes of Human Aggression: Social, Cultural, Personal, Situational

425

(7)

Social Causes of Aggression: Frustration, Provocation, and Heightened Arousal

425

(3)

Exposure to Media Violence: The Effects of Witnessing Aggression

428

(2)

Violent Pornography: When Sex and Aggression Mix---and Perhaps Explode

430

(2)

Beyond The Headlines: As Social Psychologists See It---Children as Sexual Predators: Does Violent Pornography Play a Role?

432

(10)

Cultural Factors in Aggression: ``Cultures of Honor'' and Sexual Jealousy

432

(3)

Personal Causes of Aggression: Type A, Narcissism, Sensation Seeking, and Gender Differences

435

(4)

Situational Determinants of Aggression: The Effects of High Temperatures and Alcohol Consumption

439

(3)

Aggression in Long-Term Relationships: Bullying and Workplace Violence

442

(5)

Bullying: Singling Out Others for Repeated Abuse

443

(2)

Workplace Violence: Aggression on the Job

445

(2)

The Prevention and Control of Aggression: Some Useful Techniques

447

(3)

Punishment: Just Desserts versus Deterrence

447

(2)

Cognitive Interventions: Apologies and Overcoming Cognitive Deficits

449

(1)

The Science of Social Psychology: Making Sense of Common Sense---Catharsis: Does Getting It Out of Your System Really Help?

450

(3)

Forgiveness: Compassion Instead of Revenge

451

(2)

Summary and Review of Key Points

453

(2)

Connections

455

(1)

Ideas to Take with You---and Use!

456

(1)

Key Terms

456

(1)

For More Information

457

(2)

Groups and Individuals: The Consequences of Belonging

459

(43)

Groups: Why We Join ... and Why We Leave

462

(7)

Groups: Some Basic Aspects

463

(2)

The Benefits---and Costs---of Joining

465

(4)

Beyond The Headlines: As Social Psychologists See It---Groups to Die For?

469

(1)

Effects of the Presence of Others: From Task Performance to Behavior in Crowds

470

(7)

Social Facilitation: Performing in the Presence of Others

471

(3)

Social Loafing: Letting Others Do the Work

474

(1)

Deindividuation: Submerged in the Crowd

475

(2)

Coordination in Groups: Cooperation or Conflict?

477

(8)

Cooperation: Working with Others to Achieve Shared Goals

478

(3)

Conflict: Its Nature, Causes, and Effects

481

(2)

Resolving Conflicts: Some Useful Techniques

483

(2)

Perceived Fairness in Groups: Its Nature and Effects

485

(5)

Basic Rules for Judging Fairness: Distributive, Procedural, and Transactional Justice

485

(2)

Factors Affecting Judgments of Fairness

487

(1)

Reactions to Perceived Unfairness: Tactics for Dealing with Injustice

488

(2)

Decision Making by Groups: How It Occurs and the Pitfalls It Faces

490

(2)

The Decision-Making Process: How Groups Attain Consensus

490

(1)

Potential Dangers of Group Decision Making: Groupthink, Biased Processing, and Restricted Sharing of Information

491

(1)

The Science of Social Psychology: Making Sense of Common Sense---Are Groups Really Less Likely Than Individuals to ``Go over the Edge''?

492

(5)

Summary and Review of Key Points

497

(2)

Connections

499

(1)

Ideas to Take with You---and Use!

500

(1)

Key Terms

500

(1)

For More Information

501

(1)

A. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION: Applications to Law and Health

502

(35)

Social Psychology and the Legal System

505

(14)

Before the Trial Begins: Effects of Police Interrogation

505

(3)

Effects of Media Coverage on Perceptions of Defendants

508

(2)

Eyewitnesses: Are They as Accurate as We'd Like to Believe?

510

(5)

Key Participants in a Trial: Effects of Attorneys, Judges, Defendants, and Jurors

515

(4)

Social Psychology and Personal Health

519

(11)

Stress: Its Causes, Effects, and Control

520

(6)

Personal Characteristics and Health: Hostility, Perfectionism, and Socioeconomic Status

526

(3)

Promoting Healthy Lifestyles: The Choice Is Ours

529

(1)

Beyond The Headlines: As Social Psychologists See It---Can Being a Happy Person Reduce the Odds of Catching a Cold?

530

(4)

Summary and Review of Key Points

534

(1)

Connections

535

(1)

Key Terms

536

(1)

B. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY GOES TO WORK: Applying Social Psychology to Work Settings and Entrepreneurship

537

(26)

Work-Related Attitudes: The Nature and Effects of Job Satisfaction

540

(5)

Job Satisfaction: Its Causes

540

(3)

Job Satisfaction: Its Effects

543

(2)

Beyond the Headlines: As Social Psychologists See It---When Employees No Longer Care: Effects of Low Job Satisfaction

545

(1)

Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Prosocial Behavior at Work

546

(3)

The Nature of Prosocial Behavior at Work: Some Basic Forms

546

(1)

Helping at Work: What Factors Affect Its Occurrence?

547

(2)

Leadership: Influence in Group Settings

549

(6)

Why Do Some Persons, but Not Others, Become Leaders?

549

(1)

What Do Leaders Do? Basic Dimensions of Leader Behavior

550

(2)

Transactional and Transformational Leaders: Different Approaches, Different Effects

552

(3)

The Social Psychology of Entrepreneurship

555

(5)

Why Do Some Persons Become Entrepreneurs? The Role of Social, Cognitive, and Personal Factors

555

(2)

Why Are Some Entrepreneurs More Successful Than Others?

557

(3)

Summary and Review of Key Points

560

(1)

Connections

561

(1)

Key Terms

562

(1)

Glossary

563

(10)

References

573

(56)

Name Index

629

(12)

Subject Index

641

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