In this book twenty-five of the world's most eminent social psychologists address what they see as the principal lessons to be learned from the study of social psychology. In doing this they provide their own provocative and original answers to the key questions for social psychology and other related social sciences, as well as a wealth of specific, up-to-date insights into the practical applications of social psychology, its key phenomena and theoretical ideas, the history of the field, and the practice conducting social psychological research.
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"The contributors include notable social psychologists representing several generations, several theoretical perspectives, and a variety of content areas. Thus, the volume does a nice job of giving the reader a number of different, yet generally representative, opinions to consider. For students with some background in social psychology... the volume is likely to be informative and interesting, and it could serve as the impetus for thought and discussion. The chapters are likely to spark discussion, either by telling readers what has been learned from social psychology or by telling them what social psychology should be. Either way, the volume will stimulate graduate students, teachers, and researchers to reconsider some basic issues and perhaps see their own and other investigators' research in a broader context." Contemporary Psychology
List of figures viii(1) List of tables ix(1) List of contributors x(1) The editors xi(1) Preface xii 1 Introduction and a short history of social psychology 1(19) Craig McGarty S. Alexander Haslam 2 The theory of cognitive dissonance: The evolution and vicissitudes of an idea 20(16) Elliot Aronson 3 Discursive, rhetorical, and ideological messages 36(18) Michael Billig 4 On the social origins of human nature 54(9) Marilynn B. Brewer 5 Organizing social-psychological explanations 63(14) Willem Doise 6 Predicting, understanding, and changing socially relevant behaviors: Lessons learned 77(15) Martin Fishbein 7 Let social psychology be faddish or, at least, heterogeneous 92(21) Susan T. Fiske Jacques-Philippe Leyens 8 Social psychology as social construction: The emerging vision 113(16) Kenneth J. Gergen 9 Social life as rule-governed patterns of joint action 129(17) Rom Harre 10 Beliefs, knowledge, and meaning from the perspective of the perceiver: Need for structure-order 146(20) O. J. Harvey 11 Three lessons from social psychology: Multiple levels of analysis, methodological pluralism, and statistical sophistication 166(16) Miles Hewstone 12 Biases in social cognition: Aboutness as a general principle 182(18) E. Tory Higgins 13 Dynamic social impact: The societal consequences of human interaction 200(21) Bibb Latane 14 Going beyond the banalities of bubbapsychology: A perspectivist social psychology 221(17) William J. McGuire 15 Situations, belongingness, attitudes, and culture: Four lessons learned from social psychology 238(14) Antony S. R. Manstead 16 Nonmaterial beliefs: Theory and research in cultural social psychology 252(16) Albert Pepitone 17 The evolution of theory and research in social psychology: From single to multiple effect and process models of persuasion 268(23) Richard E. Petty 18 The relevance of language for social psychology 291(14) Gun R. Semin 19 Integrating the psychological and the social to understand human behavior 305(10) Eliot R. Smith Diane M. Mackie 20 In the beginning there is society: Lessons from a sociological social psychology 315(13) Sheldon Stryker 21 The social psychology of Invictus: Conceptual and methodological approaches to indomitability 328(14) Peter Suedfeld 22 A cross-cultural perspective on social psychology 342(13) Harry C. Triandis 23 The socially structured mind 355(19) John C. Turner Penelope J. Oakes Author index 374(12) Subject index 386
Craig Mcgarty is Professor and Head of Psychology at Western Sydney University. He was previously Director of the Centre for Social and Community Research and Director of the Social Research Institute at Murdoch University and Head of the School of Psychology at The Australian National University. His books include Categorization in Social Psychology and Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology, The Message of Social Psychology and Stereotypes as Explanations.
