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Chapter 1: Introducing Social Psychology
1.1 Defining Social Psychology: History and Principles
1.2 Affect, Behavior, and Cognition
1.3 Conducting Research in Social Psychology
1.4 Chapter Summary
Chapter 2: Social Learning and Social Cognition
2.1 Sources of Social Knowledge
2.2 How We Use Our Expectations
2.3 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Social Cognition
2.4 Chapter Summary
Chapter 3: Social Affect
3.1 Moods and Emotions in Our Social Lives
3.2 Emotions, Stress, and Well-Being
3.3 How to Feel Better: Coping With Negative Emotions
3.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Social Affect
3.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 4: The Self
4.1 The Cognitive Self: The Self-Concept
4.2 The Feeling Self: Self-Esteem
4.3 The Social Self: The Role of the Social Situation
4.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About the Self
4.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 5: Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion
5.1 Exploring Attitudes
5.2 Changing Attitudes Through Persuasion
5.3 Changing Attitudes by Changing Behavior
5.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion
5.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 6: Perceiving Others
6.1 Initial Impression Formation
6.2 Inferring Dispositions Using Causal Attribution
6.3 Individual and Cultural Differences in Person Perception
6.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Person Perception
6.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 7: Influencing and Conforming
7.1 The Many Varieties of Conformity
7.2 Obedience, Power, and Leadership
7.3 Person, Gender, and Cultural Differences in Conformity
7.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Conformity
7.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 8: Liking and Loving
8.1 Initial Attraction
8.2 Close Relationships: Liking and Loving Over the Long Term
8.3 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Liking and Loving
8.4 Chapter Summary
Chapter 9: Helping and Altruism
9.1 Understanding Altruism: Self and Other Concerns
9.2 The Role of Affect: Moods and Emotions
9.3 How the Social Context Influences Helping
9.4 Other Determinants of Helping
9.5 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Altruism
9.6 Chapter Summary
Chapter 10: Aggression
10.1 Defining Aggression
10.2 The Biological and Emotional Causes of Aggression
10.3 The Violence Around Us: How the Social Situation Influences Aggression
10.4 Personal and Cultural Influences on Aggression
10.5 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Aggression
10.6 Chapter Summary
Chapter 11: Working Groups: Performance and Decision Making
11.1 Understanding Social Groups
11.2 Group Process: The Pluses and Minuses of Working Together
11.3 Improving Group Performance
11.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Social Groups
11.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 12: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
12.1 Social Categorization and Stereotyping
12.2 Ingroup Favoritism and Prejudice
12.3 Reducing Discrimination
12.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination
12.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 13: Competition and Cooperation in Our Social Worlds
13.1 Conflict, Cooperation, Morality, and Fairness
13.2 How the Social Situation Creates Conflict: The Role of Social Dilemmas
13.3 Strategies for Producing Cooperation
13.4 Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Cooperation and Competition
13.5 Chapter Summary
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