Books in the Key Readings in Social Psychology series

This collection features articles that have shown a significant impact on the field of social cognition.

Political psychology is a dynamic subfield at the intersection of psychology and political science. The chapters in this reader were written by leading scholars in the areas of political science and social psychology.

A collection, which features reprints of articles that represent noteworthy developments in the field's understanding of attitudes. Together, the readings provide a representative coverage of the literature, illustrating well what the field has come to learn about the structure, function, and consequences of attitudes.

This volume is for undergraduate and graduate courses in social psychology, personality, clinical psychology, counselling psychology, and abnormal psychology, and can be used as a primary text for courses and seminars in social psychology and the social-clinical interface.

This book illustrates the complementary nature of social, cognitive, and biological levels of analysis and how research integrating these levels can foster more comprehensive theories of the mechanisms underlying complex behavior and the mind.

Presents a selected group of influential articles dealing specifically with the social aspects of sexuality, topics covered include differences between male and female sexuality, virginity, harassment, rape and coercion and jealousy.

This volume is for undergraduate and graduate courses in social psychology, personality, clinical psychology, counselling psychology, and abnormal psychology, and can be used as a primary text for courses and seminars in social psychology and the social-clinical interface.

A collection of the classic and contemporary writings about the mind of the terrorist. It provides readers with deep knowledge and unique insights into the ideas, feelings, and social influences of modern terrorist groups.

Offers a collection of readings that focus on the motivations and mechanisms underlying social comparison effects, the role of social comparison processes in everyday life, the similarities and differences between interpersonal and inter-group social comparisons, and the strategies people employ to disregard detrimental social comparison outcomes.

Aims to convey the diversity, breadth and excitement of small group research by acquainting students with work on five fundamental aspects of groups.

This work contains a collection of classic and contemporary readings that have contributed to our understanding of stereotyping and prejudice from a social-psychological perspective. The selected readings have also been chosen with an eye on their accessibility and appeal to students.

Relationships are among the most important human endeavors and play a central role in human behavior, emotion, and well-being. This collection includes both classic and contemporary approaches to some of the issues in the study of relationships.

This book illustrates the complementary nature of social, cognitive, and biological levels of analysis and how research integrating these levels can foster more comprehensive theories of the mechanisms underlying complex behavior and the mind.

Demonstrates the changing nature of political psychology. This book offers coverage of social psychological research into the processes that have governed local and global affairs in the postmodern world. It covers authoritarianism, political leadership, public opinion, decision-making, prejudice, intergroup relations, terrorism, and revolution.

This volume provides classic and contemporary theory and research in social psychology that sheds light on how people think about health and illness.

For students, this is an invaluable collection of some of the best work on the topic, and for the specialist it will be a handy resource. It is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on self, identity, and related topics.

A collection of classic and contemporary readings that help define the social and psychological study of intergroup relations.

Includes articles that represent noteworthy developments in the field's understanding of attitudes. This work provides a coverage of the literature, illustrating what the field has come to learn about the structure, function, and consequences of attitudes.

A collection of classic and contemporary readings that have contributed to our understanding of prejudice from a social- psychological perspective, with a substantial introduction and commentaries preceding each reading.

This reader presents a collection of influential articles on the nature of emotions and ther role in social psychological phenomena, along with recent work that reflects the current state of the art.

This general reader in social psychology takes a nonreductionistic approach to the discipline and is characterized by a multiplicity of perspectives. It is ordered in terms of levels of analysis whereby social phenomena can be understood, starting with the biological level.

A comprehensive overview of the field of social cognition, this collection features articles that have shown a significant impact on the field of social cognition.