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Book Synopsis"This is an excellent textbook that should be compulsory reading for any undergraduate student of Social Psychology. Wendy Stainton Rogers has done a remarkable job of synthesising theories within these broad approaches. She has used her vast experience in distance learning to write a book that draws students in and has them reading, simply because the material is so very interesting. Although Stainton Rogers outlines the British Psychological Society's requirements for an undergraduate course in Social Psychology at the beginning of the book, this textbook is relevant far beyond the context of the United Kingdom."Catriona Macleod, Professor of Psychology, Rhodes University, South Africa
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Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Guided tour
British Psychological Society guidelines for topics that should be included in courses on social psychology
How to use this book
SECTION 1 Foundations and principles
What is social psychology?
The foundations of experimental and critical social psychology
An introduction to critical social psychology
SECTION 2 Methods and analytics
Quantitative research in social psychology
Qualitative research in social psychology
SECTION 3 Social cognition and construction
Communication and language in social psychology
Social cognition, social perception and attribution
Attitudes and behaviour
SECTION 4 Social identities and relationships
Values
Social selves and social identities
The social psychology of relationships
SECTION 5 Communities, groups and intergroup processes
The social psychology of groups
The social psychology of prejudice
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index
