Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors xvii Preface to Fifth Edition xix Guided Tour xxi Accompanying Online Resources for Instructors and Students xxv Chapter 1 Introducing Social Psychology 1 Wolfgang Stroebe, Miles Hewstone and Klaus Jonas Chapter 2 Research Methods in Social Psychology 25 Antony S. R. Manstead and Andrew G. Livingstone Chapter 3 Social Perception and Attribution 55 Brian Parkinson Chapter 4 Social Cognition 91 Louise Pendry Chapter 5 The Self 121 Carolyn C. Morf and Sander L. Koole Chapter 6 Attitudes 171 Geoffrey Haddock and Gregory R. Maio Chapter 7 Strategies of Attitude and Behaviour Change 201 Wolfgang Stroebe Chapter 8 Social Infl uence 235 Miles Hewstone and Robin Martin Chapter 9 Aggression 273 Barbara Krahe Chapter 10 Prosocial Behaviour 313 Mark Levine and Rachel Manning Chapter 11 Affi liation, Attraction and Close Relationships 353 Johan C. Karremans and Catrin Finkenauer Chapter 12 Group Dynamics 387 Bernard A. Nijstad and Daan Van Knippenberg Chapter 13 Group Performance and Leadership 415 Stefan Schulz-Hardt and Felix C. Brodbeck Chapter 14 Prejudice and Intergroup Relations 449 Russell Spears and Nicole Tausch Chapter 15 Cultural Social Psychology 499 Peter B. Smith References 537 Glossary 601 Name Index 613 Subject Index 629

About the Author

Miles Hewstone is Professor of Social Psychology at theUniversity of Oxford. His current work centres on the reduction ofintergroup conflict via intergroup contact, stereotype change, andcrossed categorization. Professor Hewstone is a former editor ofthe British Journal of Social Psychology and co-foundingeditor of the European Review of Social Psychology. He hasalso been the recipient of numerous prizes including the SpearmanMedal (1987) and the Presidents' Award for DistinguishedContributions to Psychological Knowledge (2001), from the BritishPsychological Society. He has authored and edited several books,including Psychology (2005, Blackwell) and MinorityInfluence and Innovation (2010, Taylor and Francis). Wolfgang Stroebe has taught social psychology atuniversities in the USA, UK, Germany and The Netherlands and is nowProfessor at Utrecht University and the University of Groningen,both in the Netherlands. He is editor with Miles Hewstone of theEuropean Review of Social Psychology. He has authored andco-authored eight books and more than a hundred scientific articlesand chapters on topics of social and health psychology. He isFellow of a great number of international associations and hasreceived numerous awards for his scientific work. Klaus Jonas has taught social and organizationalpsychology at universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Heis Professor of Social and Business Psychology at the University ofZurich. He has published on attitudes, stereotypes and humanresource management. His current interests concern the influence ofleadership on performance and satisfaction of subordinates.