Social Psychology and Human Nature, Brief

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Contents
Ch 1: The Mission & the Method
	A Brief History of Social Psychology
	What Do Social Psychologists Do?
	Social Psychology's Place in the World
	Why People Study Social Psychology
	How Do Social Psychologists Answer Their Own Questions?
	How Much of Social Psychology is True?
	Chapter 1 Summary
Ch 2: Culture and Nature
	Nature and Social Behavior
	Culture and Human Social Life
	Important Features of Human Social Life
	Chapter 2 Summary
Ch 3: The Self
	What is the Self?
	Where Self-Knowledge Comes From
	Self and Information Processing
	Self-Esteem, Self-Deception, and Positive Illusions
	Self-Presentation
	Chapter 3 Summary
Ch 4: Choices and Actions: The Self in Control
	What You Do, and What It Means
	Freedom of Action
	Goals, Plans, Intentions
	Self-Regulation and Habits
	Irrationality and Self-Destruction
	Chapter 4 Summary
Ch 5: Social Cognition
	What is Social Cognition?
	Attributions and Explanations: Why Did That Happen?
	Heuristics: Mental Shortcuts
	Flawed or Clever Thinking?
	(So-Called) Errors and Biases
	Are Most People Really Just Kind of Stupid?
	Chapter 5 Summary
Ch 6: Emotion and Affect
	What is Emotion?
	Emotional Arousal
	Some Important Emotions
	Why Do We Have Emotions?
	Group Differences in Emotion
	Arousal, Attention, and Performance
	Emotional Intelligence (EI or EQ)
	Affect Regulation
	Chapter 6 Summary
Ch 7: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Consistency
	What are Attitudes and Why Do People Have Them?
	How Attitudes are Formed
	Consistency
	Do Attitudes Really Predict Behaviors?
	Beliefs and Believing
	Chapter 7 Summary
Ch 8: Social Influence and Persuasion
	Two Types of Social Influence
	Techniques of Social Influence
	Persuasion
	Resisting Social Influence Techniques
	Chapter 8 Summary
Ch 9: Prosocial Behavior: Doing What's Best for Others
	Is Helping Contagious?
	What is Prosocial Behavior?
	Morality
	Cooperation, Forgiveness, Obedience, Conformity, and Trust
	Why Do People Help Others?
	Who Helps Whom?
	Bystander Helping in Emergencies
	How Can We Increase Helping?
	Chapter 9 Summary
Ch 10: Aggression & Antisocial Behavior
	Defining Aggression, Violence, and Antisocial Behavior
	Is Aggression Innate or Learned?
	Inner Causes of Aggression
	Interpersonal Causes of Aggression
	External Causes of Aggression
	Self and Culture
	Other Antisocial Behavior
	Chapter 10 Summary
Ch 11: Interpersonal Attraction and Rejection
	The Need to Belong
	Attraction: Who Likes Whom?
	Rejection
	Chapter 11 Summary
Ch 12: Close Relationships: Passion, Intimacy, and Sexuality
	What is Love?
	Different Types of Relationships
	Maintaining Relationships
	Sexuality
	Chapter 12 Summary
Ch 13: Prejudice and Intergroup Relations
	ABCs of Intergroup Relationships: Prejudice, Discrimination, and Stereotypes
	Common Prejudices and Targets
	Why Prejudice Exists
	Content of Prejudice and Stereotypes
	Inner Processes
	Overcoming Stereotypes, Reducing Prejudice
	Impact of Prejudice on Targets
	Chapter 13 Summary
Ch 14: Groups
	What Groups are and Do
	Groups, Roles, and Selves
	Group Action
	How Groups Think
	Power and Leadership
	Chapter 14 Summary
Glossary
Endnotes
References
Name Index
Subject Index