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Blackwell reader in social psychology / edited by Miles Hewstone, Antony S.R. Manstead, Wolfgang Stroebe.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 1997.ISBN:
  • 0631199977
  • 0631199985
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302 20
LOC classification:
  • HM251
Partial contents:
1. Introduction to a History of Social Psychology. Contemporary social psychology in historical perspective / D. Cartwright -- 2. Evolutionary Social Psychology. Sex differences in jealousy: Evolution, physiology, and psychology / D. M. Buss, R. J. Larsen and D. Westen [et al.] -- 3. Developmental Social Psychology. The development of children's preference for their own country: A cross-national study / H. Tajfel, C. Nemeth and G. Jahoda [et al.] -- 4. Methodology in Social Psychology: Putting Ideas to the Test. Experimentation in social psychology: A reappraisal / K. J. Gergen -- 5. Basic Concepts and Approaches in Social Cognition. Forming impressions of personality / S. E. Asch. A hypothesis-confirming bias in labeling effects / J. M. Darley and P. H. Gross -- 6. Processing Social Information for Judgements and Decisions. Cognitive representation of personality impressions: Organizational processes in first impression formation / D. L. Hamilton, L. B. Katz and V. O. Leirer. Reconstructing the past: Some cognitive consequences of person perception / M. Snyder and S. W. Uranowitz -- 7. Attribution Theory: Basic Issues and Applications. Videotape and the attribution process: Reversing actors' and observers' points of view / M. D. Storms. Attributions and behavior in marital interaction / T. N. Bradbury and F. D. Fincham -- 8. Attitudes: Structure, Measurement and Functions. Empirical validation of affect, behavior, and cognition as distinct components of attitude / S. J. Breckler. Prediction of goal-directed behavior: Attitudes, intentions, and perceived behavioral control / I. Ajzen and T. J. Madden -- 9. Principles of Attitude Formation and Strategies of Attitude Change. Decision freedom as a determinant of the role of incentive magnitude in attitude change / D. E. Linder, J. Cooper and E. E. Jones. Personal involvement as a determinant of argument-based persuasion / R. E. Petty, J. T. Cacioppo and R. Goldman -- 10. Emotion. Cognitive, social, and physiological determinants of emotional state / S. Schachter and J. E. Singer. Constants across cultures in the face and emotion / P. Ekman and W. V. Friesen -- 11. Interpersonal Communication. Secondary baby talk: Judgments by institutionalized elderly and their caregivers / L. R. Caporael, M. P. Lukaszewski and G. H. Culbertson. Channel consistency and inconsistency in the communication of married couples / P. Noller -- 12. Affiliation, Attraction and Close Relationships. Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process / C. Hazan and P. Shaver. Commitment and satisfaction in romantic associations: A test of the investment model / C. E. Rusbult -- 13. Prosocial Behaviour. 'From Jerusalem to Jericho': A study of situational and dispositional variables in helping behavior / J. M. Darley and C. D. Batson. A lady in distress: Inhibiting effects of friends and strangers on bystander intervention / B. Latane and J. Rodin -- 14. Aggressive Behaviour. Weapons as aggression-eliciting stimuli / L. Berkowitz and A. LePage. Attribution of apparent arousal and proficiency of recovery from sympathetic activation affecting excitation transfer to aggressive behavior / D. Zillmann, R. C. Johnson and K. D. Day -- 15. Group Performance. Many hands make light the work: The causes and consequences of social loafing / B. Latane, K. Williams and S. Harkins. Productivity loss is brainstorming groups: Toward the solution of a riddle / M. Diehl and W. Stroebe -- 16. Social Influence in Groups. Influence of a consistent minority on the responses of a majority in a color perception task / S. Moscovici, E. Lage and M. Naffrechoux. Behavioral study of obedience / S. Milgram -- 17. Intergroup Relations. Intergroup discrimination and self-esteem in the minimal group paradigm / L. Lemyre and P. M. Smith. Intergroup contact: The typical member and the exception to the rule / D. A. Wilder -- 18. Applied Social Psychology. Social support and immune function among spouses of cancer patients / R. S. Baron, C. E. Cutrona and D. Hicklin [et al.]. The social psychology of eyewitness accuracy: Misleading questions and communicator expertise / V. L. Smith and P. C. Ellsworth.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction to a History of Social Psychology. Contemporary social psychology in historical perspective / D. Cartwright -- 2. Evolutionary Social Psychology. Sex differences in jealousy: Evolution, physiology, and psychology / D. M. Buss, R. J. Larsen and D. Westen [et al.] -- 3. Developmental Social Psychology. The development of children's preference for their own country: A cross-national study / H. Tajfel, C. Nemeth and G. Jahoda [et al.] -- 4. Methodology in Social Psychology: Putting Ideas to the Test. Experimentation in social psychology: A reappraisal / K. J. Gergen -- 5. Basic Concepts and Approaches in Social Cognition. Forming impressions of personality / S. E. Asch. A hypothesis-confirming bias in labeling effects / J. M. Darley and P. H. Gross -- 6. Processing Social Information for Judgements and Decisions. Cognitive representation of personality impressions: Organizational processes in first impression formation / D. L. Hamilton, L. B. Katz and V. O. Leirer. Reconstructing the past: Some cognitive consequences of person perception / M. Snyder and S. W. Uranowitz -- 7. Attribution Theory: Basic Issues and Applications. Videotape and the attribution process: Reversing actors' and observers' points of view / M. D. Storms. Attributions and behavior in marital interaction / T. N. Bradbury and F. D. Fincham -- 8. Attitudes: Structure, Measurement and Functions. Empirical validation of affect, behavior, and cognition as distinct components of attitude / S. J. Breckler. Prediction of goal-directed behavior: Attitudes, intentions, and perceived behavioral control / I. Ajzen and T. J. Madden -- 9. Principles of Attitude Formation and Strategies of Attitude Change. Decision freedom as a determinant of the role of incentive magnitude in attitude change / D. E. Linder, J. Cooper and E. E. Jones. Personal involvement as a determinant of argument-based persuasion / R. E. Petty, J. T. Cacioppo and R. Goldman -- 10. Emotion. Cognitive, social, and physiological determinants of emotional state / S. Schachter and J. E. Singer. Constants across cultures in the face and emotion / P. Ekman and W. V. Friesen -- 11. Interpersonal Communication. Secondary baby talk: Judgments by institutionalized elderly and their caregivers / L. R. Caporael, M. P. Lukaszewski and G. H. Culbertson. Channel consistency and inconsistency in the communication of married couples / P. Noller -- 12. Affiliation, Attraction and Close Relationships. Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process / C. Hazan and P. Shaver. Commitment and satisfaction in romantic associations: A test of the investment model / C. E. Rusbult -- 13. Prosocial Behaviour. 'From Jerusalem to Jericho': A study of situational and dispositional variables in helping behavior / J. M. Darley and C. D. Batson. A lady in distress: Inhibiting effects of friends and strangers on bystander intervention / B. Latane and J. Rodin -- 14. Aggressive Behaviour. Weapons as aggression-eliciting stimuli / L. Berkowitz and A. LePage. Attribution of apparent arousal and proficiency of recovery from sympathetic activation affecting excitation transfer to aggressive behavior / D. Zillmann, R. C. Johnson and K. D. Day -- 15. Group Performance. Many hands make light the work: The causes and consequences of social loafing / B. Latane, K. Williams and S. Harkins. Productivity loss is brainstorming groups: Toward the solution of a riddle / M. Diehl and W. Stroebe -- 16. Social Influence in Groups. Influence of a consistent minority on the responses of a majority in a color perception task / S. Moscovici, E. Lage and M. Naffrechoux. Behavioral study of obedience / S. Milgram -- 17. Intergroup Relations. Intergroup discrimination and self-esteem in the minimal group paradigm / L. Lemyre and P. M. Smith. Intergroup contact: The typical member and the exception to the rule / D. A. Wilder -- 18. Applied Social Psychology. Social support and immune function among spouses of cancer patients / R. S. Baron, C. E. Cutrona and D. Hicklin [et al.]. The social psychology of eyewitness accuracy: Misleading questions and communicator expertise / V. L. Smith and P. C. Ellsworth.