Aps : Current Directions in Social Psychology

by (APS) Association for Psychological Science; Ruscher, Janet; Hammer, Elizabeth Yost

• ISBN13: 9780131895836
• ISBN10: 0131895834
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Table of Contents

The Person in the Situation: Self-Protection, Self-Evaluation, and Self-Change	1	(30)
On the Plasticity of Self-Defense	3	(7)
Tesser
Social Comparison: Why, With Whom, and With What Effect?	10	(8)
Suls
Martin
Wheeler
The Spotlight Effect and the Illusion of Transparency: Egocentric Assessments of How We Are Seen by Others	18	(6)
Gilovich
Savitsky
The False-Hope Syndrome: Unfulfilled Expectations of Self-Change	24	(7)
Polivy
Herman
Influences on Social Knowledge: Unconscious Processes, Biases, and Culture	31	(30)
Mere Exposure: A Gateway to the Subliminal	34	(7)
Zajonc
Automaticity and the Amygdala: Nonconscious Responses to Emotional Faces	41	(7)
Ohman
Universals and Cultural Differences in Recognizing Emotions	48	(7)
Elfenbein
Ambady
Culture and Causal Cognition	55	(6)
Norenzayan
Nisbett
Close Relationships: Love, Sex, and Marriage	61	(30)
Ideal Standards in Close Relationships: Their Structure and Functions	64	(6)
Fletcher
Simpson
The Emerging Field of Adolescent Romantic Relationships	70	(6)
Furman
Human Sexuality: How Do Men and Women Differ?	76	(7)
Peplau
Marital Conflict: Correlates, Structure, and Context	83	(8)
Fincham
Interpersonal Extremes: Prosocial Behavior and Aggression	91	(30)
Why Don't Moral People Act Morally? Motivational Considerations	94	(6)
Batson
Thompson
Forgiveness: Who Does It and How Do They Do It?	100	(7)
McCullough
Self-Esteem, Narcissism, and Aggression: Does Violence Result From Low Self-Esteem or From Threatened Egotism?	107	(6)
Baumeister
Bushman
Campbell
If the Television Program Bleeds, Memory for the Advertisement Recedes	113	(8)
Bushman
Phillips
Intergroup Conflict and Prejudice: Effects and Resolutions	121	(40)
What We Know Now About Bias and Intergroup Conflict, the Problem of the Century	124	(8)
Fiske
Pride and Prejudice: Fear of Death and Social Behavior	132	(8)
Solomon
Greenberg
Pyszczynski
The Psychology of Sexual Prejudice	140	(6)
Herek
Ethnicity-Related Sources of Stress and Their Effects on Well-Being	146	(7)
Contrada
Ashmore
Gary
Coups
Egeth
Sewell
Ewell
Goyal
Chasse
Reducing Prejudice: Combating Intergroup Biases	153	(8)
Dovidio
Gaertner
Applying Social Psychology: Health and Justice	161	(30)
Social Support, Physiological Processes, and Health	164	(7)
Uchino
Uno
Holt-Lunstad
The Anatomy of Loneliness	171	(7)
Cacioppo
Hawkley
Berntson
Citizens' Sense of Justice and the Legal System	178	(6)
Darley
The Confidence of Eyewitnesses in Their Identifications From Lineups	184	(7)
Wells
Olson
Charman
Topic Index	191