De mens is een sociaal dier dat van nature de anderen observeert. We analyseren het gedrag van anderen en proberen in te schatten hoe iemand zal reageren, wie met wie zal optrekken, waarom iemand zijn of haar relatie beëindigt en wie populair is en waarom. Op deze en andere alledaagse vragen formuleert dit boek wetenschappelijk onderbouwde antwoorden. De auteurs gaan dieper in op de sociale basis van het zelf, sociale perceptie en beïnvloeding - het 'ik' kan immers niet bestaan zonder de anderen. Verder worden interpersoonlijke en groepsprocessen besproken met bijzondere aandacht voor partnerrelaties en groepsprestaties. Ook maatschappelijk actuele thema's als de multiculturele samenleving, stereotypen, vooroordelen en discriminatie komen uitgebreid aan bod. Aan de hand van toepassingen van de sociale psychologie in de rechterlijke en politieke wereld tonen de auteurs tenslotte aan dat inzichten uit de sociale psychologie kunnen helpen om de 'echte wereld' beter te begrijpen en te verbeteren.
Social Psychology, 10E by Saul M. Kassin was probably one of the better text books I have read. First and foremost it did an excellent job of explaining concepts in ways that were easy to grasp. In fact there were several different concepts discussed in this book that I have learned about multiple times throughout the years and yet it wasn't until reading about them again in this book that I really felt like I gained a full understanding of them.
Second, it had lots and lots of studies and research cited throughout and wonderful info graphic depictions of the information from these studies. These were some of the easiest to read graphs, depicting very intriguing information.
Finally, I loved how much focus was placed on bringing in a multicultural aspect to every single chapter instead of just making a standalone chapter to discuss the multicultural aspects in social psychology. And extending from this point, I also loved how not only were very important and classic research and experiments discussed, but a lot of new and timely information as well.
social psy is one of the most provocative areas of psychology.In this textbook you will find most of the infamous experiments, the greatest minds of social psy and other important info that will help you partially at least make sense of the society around u.
There are some things that seriously need to be updated. Attitudes, especially around dating and close relationships, have changed pretty significantly from the 80s. But it was a good textbook.
this book is an introductory book for the field of social psychology. compared to others i have read/skimmed, this one does a nice job of dividing up the various research areas into chapters that make sense together. there are great chapters on the self, other persons, and stereotypes that integrate a wide range of more specific studies into a chapter that makes sense of the larger concepts. however, like any undergrad textbook, it's a very superficial look at social psychology.