Elliot Aronson; Timothy D Wilson; Robin M. Akert; Beverley Fehr
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Brief Contents
Contents
About This Course
Chapter 1 Introduction to Social Psychology
What Is Social Psychology?
The Power of Social Interpretation
CONNECTIONS: The Role of Construal in Conflict Negotiations
Social Psychology, Science, and Common Sense
Social Psychology Compared with Sociology
Social Psychology Compared with Personality Psychology
TRY IT! Social Situations and Behaviour
The Power of the Situation
CONNECTIONS: The Fundamental Attribution Error: When We Blame the Victims of Violence
The Power of Social Interpretation
Where Construals Come from: Basic Human Motives
The Self-Esteem Approach: The Need to Feel Good about Ourselves
Justifying Past Behaviour
Suffering and Self-justification
The Social Cognition Approach: The Need to Be Accurate
Social Cognition
Social Psychology and Social Problems
USE IT! How Would You Use This?
Chapter 2 Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research
