Personality and Social Psychology PSY2042 (Custom Edition), 1st edition

Published by Pearson Learning Solutions (April 27, 2017) © 2017

  • Elliot Aronson University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Timothy D. Wilson University of Virginia
  • Robin M. Akert Wellesley College
  • Samuel R. Sommers

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ISBN-13: 9781488620041
Personality and Social Psychology PSY2042 (Custom Edition eBook)
Published 2017

This custom edition is published for Monash University.

It is a compilation of chapters from:

  • Social Psychology, Global Edition 9th Edition
  • Personality Psychology: Understanding Yourself and Others, 2nd Edition
  • PART 1 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • I INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 1 Introduction to Social Psychology
  • 2 Methodology: how social psychologists do research
  • II SOCIAL COGNITION AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE
  • 3 Social cognition: how we think about the social world
  • 4 Conformity: Influencing behaviour
  • III SOCIAL IDENTITY AND SOCIAL ATTRIBUTION
  • 5 Social Perception: How we come to understand other people
  • 6 The self: Understanding ourselves in a social context
  • IV ATTITUDES AND ATTITUDE CHANGE
  • 7 Attitudes and attitude change: Influencing thoughts and feelings
  • V GROUP DYNAMICS AND INTERGOUP BEHAVIOUR
  • 8 Group processes: Influence in social groups
  • VI ATTRACTION AND AGRESSION
  • 9 Interpersonal Attraction: From first impressions to close relationships
  • 10 Aggression: Why do we hurt other people? Can we prevent it?
  • VII PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
  • 11 Pro-social Behavior: Why do people help?
  • 12 Prejudice: Causes, consequences, and cures
  • VIII GENERAL RESOURCES
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Credits
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index
  • Answer Key
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  • PART 2 PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY
  • I INTRODUCTION TO PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY
  • 1 Understanding yourself and others
  • 2 Assessment and methods
  • II TRAIT THEORIES
  • 3 The big five personality traits
  • III BIOLOGICAL THEORIES
  • 4 Biological underpinnings of personality
  • IV SELF-CONCEPT AND SELF-PROCESSES
  • 5 Self-concept and self-processes
  • V PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORIES
  • 6 Psychodynamic approaches
  • VI LEARNING THEORIES
  • 7 How learning shapes behaviour
  • VII CULTURE AND PERSONALITY
  • 8 Culture and personality
  • VIII GENERAL RESOURCES
  • References
  • Glossary

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