Advanced Social Psychology - 9780195381207

Social psychology explores the most essential questions of the human psyche (e.g., Why do people help or harm others? How do influence professionals get us to do what they want, and how can we incluate ourselves against their sometimes-insidious persuasion factics? Why do social relationships exert such powerful effects on people's physical health?) and it does so with clever, ingenuitive research methods.

This edited volume is a textbook for advanced social phychology courses. Its primary target audience is first-year graduate students (MA or PhD) in social psychology, although it is also appropriate for upper level undergraduate courses in social psychology and for doctoral students in disciplines connecting to social psychology (e.g., marketing, organizational behavior). The authors of the chapters are world-renowned leaders on their topic, and they have written these chapters to be engaging and accessible students who are just learning the discipline.

"This excellent book, which fills a critical void at the top end of the educational spectrum, brings together a stellar cast of leading authorities on major topics that define social psychology today. It is a wonderful and entertaining read."---Jeffry A. Simpson, Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota

"An instant classic, this authortative and readable text fills an important and enduring need in the field---John T. Cacioppo, Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor, and Director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience. The University of Chicago