Social Psychology

by Michael A. Hogg, Graham M. Vaughan

Covering the entire scope of mainstream social psychology, this collection contains benchmark readings with an emphasis on recent key publications to complement older classic works. The readings are mainly empirical articles that not only cover the significant ideas and key debates in the field, but also show how social psychological knowledge is obtained through research. In addition to the 80 key original articles included in the collection, the set opens with an introductory editorial essay by Michael A. Hogg setting out the rationale behind the selections, and providing an illuminating discussion of the development of social psychology and its theoretical foundations.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Science, Textbooks, Sociology

808 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1997

Reviews

[Fiaisbored · Rating 5 out of 5]

Saved my ass also made me suffer,I passed my exam with a great grade 😎

[målin]

please stop putting your references behind every sentence, I feel like I’ve read more of them than actual content

[Summer Maree · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sometimes I think the people who write these books get a kick out of phrasing things in ways that barely make sense. Plenty of interesting topics covered in this book, and the word choices were occasionally interesting as well. And by that I mean annoying and frustrating.

[Avesta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a beautifully written textbook that it took me over two years to complete.

So much I've learnt from how our mind works in the presence of others. I am, quite admittedly, saving large quantities of the pages of the book to reference later should I actually desire to do some research or analyses on what I've learnt.

What I particularly enjoyed was the consistent attempts at showing applications from real-world research to the theory presented in each chapter. They also often come with questions to make you think and debate a problem rather than just give a single answer and claim that it is universal/absolute.

Chapters:
1. Introducing social psychology
2. Social congition and socila thinking
3. Attribution and social explanation
4. Self and identity
5. Attitudes
6. Persuasion and attitude change
7. Social influence
8. People in groups
9. Leaderhsip and group decision-making
10. Prejudice and discrimination
11. Intergroup behaviour
12. Aggression
13. Prosocial behaviour
14. Attraction and close relationships
15. Language and communication
16. Culture

Favourite chapters: 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16.

Took me from 5th March 2024 to 24th May 2026 to complete. I need to do better!

[Giang Nguyen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Textbook for my Social Psychology course. It's my first psychology textbook so I don't have any other reference, but it was a comfortable read with clear presentation, many examples and good follow-up summaries. And the kindle version I bought on amazon is definitely a great deal (5.26 eur -> now: 4.97 eur).

[Steven Kippax · Rating 4 out of 5]

Doesn't do a great job of helping students discriminate among the many terms that sound very similar but mean very different things.

[Nektarios kouloumpos · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/5
Καλογραμμένο(όπως και τα περισσότερα βιβλία ψυχολογίας του συγκεκριμένου εκδοτικού οίκου),τις περισσότερες(αν οχι όλες) θεωρίες σε κάθε θέμα το οποίο αναφέρεται καθώς και παρά πολλά παραδείγματα και πειράματα για να γίνει πιο κατανοητή η κάθε θεωρία ξεχωριστά!
Ότι πρέπει για μια εισαγωγή στην κοινωνική ψυχολογία.

Το -0.5 οφείλεται στην αναπαράσταση των γραφηματων. Οι μεταβλητές είναι περισσότερες από όσες μπορεί να στηρίξει ένα διάγραμμα. Ως εκ τούτου χρειάζεται αρκετός χρόνος για να αποκωδικοποιησει κάποιος τα πολύπλοκα αυτά γραφήματα. Το οποίο θα μπορούσε πολύ εύκολα να λυθεί με την εισαγωγή περισσότερων γραφηματων λιγότερων μεταβλητών.. ελπίζω ο λόγος να ήταν περιβαλλοντολογικός!

[Jenny · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't think I'll ever read this book in its entirety.
I had to read it (most of it, at least) for my Social Psychology course and I still regret buying it. I've seen and read better Psychology textbooks. Maybe the 1 star is a harsh critique but I'm very disappointed.

[Hana Bilqisthi · Rating 4 out of 5]

love this book :D

[aikaterine · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were some very interesting chapters, I really enjoyed reading!

[Amir · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book got me interested in psychology 😁. I went on to get a psychology degree after this. So thanks 👍🏻

[sienna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent textbook. It was easy to understand but felt repetitive. Some of the definitions were written in an unnecesssarily confusing way.

Note: I read the ninth edition, not the fifth.

[Aneta Jackowska-Musiol · Rating 2 out of 5]

Textbook

[Abhi]

i read this for an exam. im failing.