Social Psychology. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Sutton, Robbie, 1974-
• Contents: Front Cover; Title Page; Dedication; About the authors; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Authors' acknowledgements; Publisher's acknowledgements; 1 The discipline of social psychology; What is social psychology?; Where does social psychology come from? ; Doing social psychological research ; Critical Focus The 'crisis' in social psychology; The tools of social psychology ; Ethics and Research Methods Correlation versus causation ; Issues in conducting social psychological research ; Basic and applied research. Social Psychology in the Real World Social psychology at work in the classroom Cultural issues ; Research ethics ; Social psychology and links to other disciplines ; Dissemination of social psychology ; Applying social psychology Pets and psychological wellbeing: a critical thinking exercise ; Student project Socially desirable responding ; Part 1: Thinking and feeling ; 2 The social self: understanding ourselves ; Self-knowledge and the self-concept ; Self-awareness ; Theories of self ; Critical Focus Ego depletion: mind over matter, or matter over mind?; Self-esteem. Social Psychology in the Real World The narcissism 'epidemic' and its consequences Self-presentation ; How accurate is our self-knowledge? ; Ethics and Research Methods Why social psychologists cannot just ask people why they do things ; Motivated social cognition and the self ; Culture and the self ; Applying social psychology Encouraging healthy eating in a school ; Blind spot in social psychology Narcissistic leaders and their effects on decision making ; Student project The effect of specific modes of feedback on learning in an HE setting. 3 The social perceiver: understanding the social world Causal attributions ; The naive scientist approach ; Two famous 'errors ' in attribution; Applications of attribution theory; Person perception ; Social Psychology in the Real World 'Gaydar', politics and the importance of judging a book by its cover ; Heuristics and biases in social cognition ; Critical Focus The conjunction fallacy ; Other biases and errors in social cognition ; The nature of social cognition ; Ethics and Research Methods Experimental control and replication. Applying social psychology Applying social cognition to business problems Blind spot in social psychology Why are morning people morning people? ; Student project Victim blame in stranger and acquaintance rape ; 4 The social judge: attitudes, emotions and behaviour ; What are attitudes?; Social Psychology in the Real World: Political attitudes; Attitude formation; Implicit and explicit attitudes; Ethics and Research Methods: The Implicit Association Test (IAT); Attitudes and behaviours; Cognitive dissonance ; Embodied social cognition ; Critical Focus: Embodied social cognition.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 302; Applied Psychology; Social psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology; Social Psychology; Society & social sciences; Social issues & processes; Social psychology; Social psychology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1137299681; 9781137299680
• Related ISBNs: 9780230218031; 0230218032
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