Social psychology :
Vallacher, Robin R.,
Social psychology : exploring the dynamics of human experience / Robin R. Vallacher. - xx, 499 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm.
The scope of social psychology --
The approach of social psychology --
Beliefs, attitudes, and values --
Emotion --
Self-concept --
Personal control --
Social judgment --
Social interaction --
Close relationships --
Social influence --
Antisocial and prosocial behavior --
Group dynamics --
Prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination --
Dilemmas of social life --
The relevance of social psychology.
From a person's monetary impulses to a society's values and norms, the diversity of social psychology makes for a fascinating discipline, but it also presents a formidable challenge for presentation in a manner that is coherent and cumulative rather than fragmented and disordered. Using an accessible and readable style, the author shows how the field's dizzying and highly fragmented array of topics, models, theories, and paradigms can best be understood through a coherent conceptual narrative in which topics are presented in careful sequence, with each chapter building on what has already been learned while providing the groundwork for understanding what follows in the next chapter. The text also examines recent developments such as how computer simulations and big data supplement the traditional methods of experiment and correlation. -- From publisher's description.
9780815382904 (paperback)
2013024738
Social psychology.
Sociology.
302 VAL / 016030
Social psychology : exploring the dynamics of human experience / Robin R. Vallacher. - xx, 499 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm.
The scope of social psychology --
The approach of social psychology --
Beliefs, attitudes, and values --
Emotion --
Self-concept --
Personal control --
Social judgment --
Social interaction --
Close relationships --
Social influence --
Antisocial and prosocial behavior --
Group dynamics --
Prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination --
Dilemmas of social life --
The relevance of social psychology.
From a person's monetary impulses to a society's values and norms, the diversity of social psychology makes for a fascinating discipline, but it also presents a formidable challenge for presentation in a manner that is coherent and cumulative rather than fragmented and disordered. Using an accessible and readable style, the author shows how the field's dizzying and highly fragmented array of topics, models, theories, and paradigms can best be understood through a coherent conceptual narrative in which topics are presented in careful sequence, with each chapter building on what has already been learned while providing the groundwork for understanding what follows in the next chapter. The text also examines recent developments such as how computer simulations and big data supplement the traditional methods of experiment and correlation. -- From publisher's description.
9780815382904 (paperback)
2013024738
Social psychology.
Sociology.
302 VAL / 016030