Social Psychology

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Social psychology today ...1 What is social psychology? Scientific method in sacial psychology Strategies for gathering data Ethics : The human use of human beings Box: Deprogramming ultraviolence Box: Experimenting with obedience Bibliography Socialization ...37 The nature of the species Psychoanalytic perspectives : Freud and erikson Learning theory : Behavirorism Symbolic interaction The Cognitive developmental perspective The changing experience of childhood Box: Factors critical to child development Box: Socialization in the middle and late years Biliography Social interaction ...75 The process of interaction Goffman : Self presentation Homans : Social exchange T Groups Ethnomethodology Box : How to psych out your opponent Box : Patching the social fabric : The family network Bibliography Group cohesion ...115 The nature of cohesion Four group models Maintenance of cohesion Working in Groups Box : EST : Tearing apart and rebuilding the psyche Box: What holds communes together ? Bibliography Influence ...159 Social facilitation Deindividuation Collective behavior Conformity Box: The funeral of the world`s Greatest lover Box: Roaches, too, get audience jitters Bibliography Deviance ...201 The Correctionalist perspective The Labeling perspective The labeling process The social construction of reality Dealing with deviance in other cultures Box: Who gets labeled? Box: Prisoners and guards Bibliography Attitudes ...139 What is an attitude ? The measurement of attitudes Attitude formation Box : Four styles of relating to government Box : Attitudes toward sex One man`s perversion is another man`s practice Bibliography Attitude change ...281 Persuation : An art of many variables Theories of attitude change Brainwashing Box: was patty hearst brainwashed? Box: Korean prisoners of war : Traitors or victims? Bibliography Language and communication ...315 Nonverbal communication Language The sociology of language Box: Uniforms : The unspoken language Language and communication ...315 Nonverbal communication Language The sociology of language Box: Uniforms : The unspoken language Box: Anatomy of a rumor Bibliography Perception ...351 Concepts Social perception: Applying concepts to people Emotion and perception Self perception The effects of motivation on perception Attribution and the concept of will Box: Darwin : The expression of emotion Box: The tale of rashomon Bibliography Motives ...391 Aggression Affiliation attraction and altruism power Box: Why woman fear success Box: Power and manipulation Bibliography Stress ...431 Stress and coronary heart disease Stress Stress responses Adapting to stress Stress and life events Box: City noise thwarts brainworks Bibliography Acknowladgments ...471 Glossary ...473 Index ....481