Current Directions in Social Psychology

by APS, the; Ruscher, Janet; Hammer, Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9780136066798
• ISBN10: 0136066798
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Current Directions in Social Psychology, in this new 2nd edition, is a reader of essays by the field's most respected researchers and educators representing The American Psychological Society. These works focus strongly on situational forces that act upon the Self and provide various features that reinforce what is read.for the student.

Table of Contents

The Person in the Situation: Self-Protection, Self-Evaluation, and Self-Change Tesser

On the Plasticity of Self-Defense

Social Comparison: Why, With Whom, and With What Effect?

The Spotlight Effect and the Illusion of Transparency

Egocentric Assessments of How We Are Seen by Others

The False-Hope Syndrome: Unfulfilled Expections of Self-Change Influences on Social Knowledge

Unconscious Processes, Biases, and Culture Zajonc Mere Exposure

A Gateway to the Subliminal Ohman Automaticity and the Amygdala

Nonconscious Responses to Emotional Faces

Universals and Cultural Differences in Recognizing Emotions

Culture and Causal Cognition Close Relationships: Love, Sex, and Marriage

Ideal Standards in Close Relationships: Their Structure and Functions Furman

The Emerging Field of Adolescent Romantic Relationships Peplau Human Sexuality

How Do Men and Women Differ: Fincham Marital Conflict

Correlates, Structure, and Context Interpersonal Extremes

Prosocial Behavior and Aggression

Why Don't Moral People Act Morally? Motivational Considerations

Forgiveness: Who Does It and How Do They Do It?

Self-Esteem, Narcissism, and Aggression: Does Violence Result

From Low Self-Esteem or From Threatnened Egotism?

If the Television Program Bleeds, Memory for the Advertisement Recedes Intergroup Conflict and Prejudice

Effects and Resolutions Fiske What We Know Now About Bias and Intergroup Conflict, the Problem of the Century

Pride and Prejudice: Fear of Death and Social Behavior Herek

The Psychology of Sexual Prejudice

Ethnicity-Related Sources of Stress and Their Effects on Well-Being

Reducing Prejudice: Combating Intergroup Biases

Applying Social Psychology: Health and Justice

Social Support, Physiological Processes, and Health

The Anatomy of Loneliness Darley Citizens' Sense of Justice and the Legal System

The Confidence of Eyewitnesses in Their Identifications From Lineups Topic

Index

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