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Notes on Contributors xvii Preface to Seventh Edition xx Guided Tour xxiii Accompanying Online Resources for Instructors and Students xxix Chapter 1 Introducing Social Psychology 1 Wolfgang Stroebe and Miles Hewstone Chapter 2 Research Methods in Social Psychology 35 Andrew G. Livingstone and Antony S. R. Manstead Chapter 3 Social Perception and Attribution 76 Brian Parkinson Chapter 4 Social Cognition 121 Roland Deutsch and Jenny Roth Chapter 5 The Self 167 Carolyn C. Morf Chapter 6 Attitudes 223 Geoffrey Haddock and Gregory R. Maio Chapter 7 Strategies of Attitude and Behaviour Change 265 Wolfgang Stroebe Chapter 8 Social Influence 304 Miles Hewstone and Robin Martin Chapter 9 Aggression 358 Barbara Krahe Chapter 10 Prosocial Behaviour 409 Mark Levine, Rachel Manning, and Richard Philpot Chapter 11 Attraction and Close Relationships 461 Johan C. Karremans and Catrin Finkenauer Chapter 12 Group Dynamics 502 Bernard A. Nijstad Chapter 13 Group Performance and Leadership 546 Stefan Schulz-Hardt and Felix C. Brodbeck Chapter 14 Prejudice and Intergroup Relations 585 Russell Spears and Nicole Tausch Chapter 15 Cultural Social Psychology 641 Peter B. Smith References 000 Glossary 000 Name Index 000 Subject Index 000
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