Publisher Description

The classic Handbook of Social Psychology has been the standard professional reference for the field of social psychology for many years. Now available in a new edition, Volume 2 of this internationally acclaimed work brings readers up to date with new chapters on social neuroscience, mind perception, morality, and social stratification. The editors have structured Volume 2 in a way that highlights the many levels of analysis used by contemporary psychologists. All academics, graduate students, and professional social psychologists will want to own a copy of this landmark work.

Author Biography

Susan T. Fiske, Ph.D.?is author of numerous journal articles and the Wiley college textbook, Social Beings, 1998, and with Gardner Lindzey and Daniel Gilbert, editor of the 4th edition of the Handbook of Social Psychology, McGraw-Hill 1998. Current editor of Annual Review of Psychology, (2000-2010). Professor Fiske's research addresses how stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination are encouraged or discouraged by social relationships, such as cooperation, competition, and power. Daniel T. Gilbert, Ph.D. His popular Stumbling onto Happiness, published by Knopf in May 2006 reflects his research on affective forecasting, which is an attempt to understand how and how well people predict their emotional reactions to future events. Gardner Lindzey, Center for Advanced Study in the Behaviorial Sciences, Stanford, CA.

Table of Contents

Preface Contributors Volume 1 Part I: The Science of Social Psychology 1. History of Social Psychology: Insights, Challenges, and Contributions To Theory and Application 3
Lee Ross, Mark Lepper, and Andrew Ward 2. The Art of Laboratory Experimentation 51
Timothy D. Wilson, Elliot Aronson, and Kevin Carlsmith 3. Social Psychological Methods Outside The Laboratory 82
Harry T. Reis and Samuel D. Gosling 4. Data Analysis In Social Psychology: Recent and Recurring Issues 115
Charles M. Judd and David A. Kenny Part II: The Social Being 5. Social Cognitive Neuroscience 143
Matthew D. Lieberman 6. Social Psychophysiology and Embodiment 194
Jim Blascovich and Wendy Berry Mendes 7. Automaticity and The Unconscious 228
Ap Dijksterhuis 8. Motivation 268
John A. Bargh, Peter M. Gollwitzer, and Gabriele Oettingen 9. Emotion 317
Dacher Keltner and Jennifer S. Lerner 10. Attitudes 353
Mahzarin R. Banaji and Larisa Heiphetz 11. Attitudes and Persuasion: From Biology To Social Responses To Persuasive Intent 394
Dolores Albarracín and Patrick Vargas 12. Perceiving People 428
C. Neil Macrae and Susanne Quadflieg 13. Nonverbal Behavior 464
Nalini Ambady and Max Weisbuch 14. Mind Perception 498
Nicholas Epley and Adam Waytz 15. Judgment and Decision Making 542
Thomas D. Gilovich and Dale W. Griffin 16. Self and Identity 589
William B. Swann, Jr. and Jennifer K. Bosson 17. Gender 629
Wendy Wood and Alice H. Eagly 18. Personality In Social Psychology 668
David C. Funder and Lisa A. Fast 19. Health 698
Shelley E. Taylor 20. Experimental Existential Psychology: Coping With The Facts of Life 724
Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg, Sander Koole, and Sheldon Solomon Volume 2 Part III: The Social World 21. Evolutionary Social Psychology 761
Steven L. Neuberg, Douglas T. Kenrick, and Mark Schaller 22. Morality 797
Jonathan Haidt and Selin Kesebir 23. Aggression 833
Brad J. Bushman and L. Rowell Huesmann 24. Affiliation, Acceptance, and Belonging: The Pursuit of Interpersonal Connection 864
Mark R. Leary 25. Close Relationships 898
Margaret S. Clark and Edward P. Lemay, Jr. 26. Interpersonal Stratification: Status, Power, and Subordination 941
Susan T. Fiske 27. Social Conflict: The Emergence and Consequences of Struggle and Negotiation 983
Carsten K. W. De Dreu 28. Intergroup Relations 1024
Vincent Yzerbyt and Stéphanie Demoulin 29. Intergroup Bias 1084
John F. Dovidio and Samuel L. Gaertner 30. Social Justice: History, Theory, and Research 1122
John T. Jost and Aaron C. Kay 31. Influence and Leadership 1166
Michael A. Hogg 32. Group Behavior and Performance 1208
J. Richard Hackman and Nancy Katz 33. Organizational Preferences and Their Consequences 1252
Deborah H. Gruenfeld and Larissa Z. Tiedens 34. The Psychological Underpinnings of Political Behavior 1288
Jon A. Krosnick, Penny S. Visser, and Joshua Harder 35. Social Psychology and Law 1343
Margaret Bull Kovera and Eugene Borgida 36. Social Psychology and Language: Words, Utterances, and Conversations 1386
Thomas Holtgraves 37. Cultural Psychology 1423
Steven J. Heine Author Index I-1 Subject Index I-85

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