Social Psychology : Stephen Worchel, Joel Cooper, George R. Goethals and James M. Olson

Includes index.

By recognizing the significant and lasting contribution of research, this book engages students' lives and gets them involved in the field of social psychology. The authors' examine the dynamics of group interaction and the relevance of cultural social behaviors within society by addressing issues through social interaction, society, theory and research. The book focuses on a variety of topics, including: The emphasis on the joint and interactive effects of cognitive and affective influences on social perception and behavior; an examination of the latest, more-focused self-concept studies; the breaking down of prejudice into terms of social cognition, concepts of self, and attitudes; traditional and contemporary responses to self-presentation, relationship structures and communications, and non-verbal behavioral in communicating about relationships; broad theoretical principals of social justice and fairness and their implications for such phenomena as protest and revolution; the emphasis on conformity, obedience to authority, social power, and leadership; the dynamics of group interaction; the examination of group conflict in North America and around the world; and the relevance of cultural social behaviors in emotion, communications relationships, use of space, and conceptions of the self.