Handbook of Social Psychology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Delamater, John (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Sociology.; Clinical psychology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Clinical Psychology.

Social Psychology is an important interdisciplinary field within Sociology. Psychology, focusing on processes that occur inside the individual and Sociology, focusing on social collectives and social institutions, come together in social psychology to explore the interface between the two fields. So...

Table of Contents:

• Theoretical Perspectives
• The Symbolic Interactionist Frame
• Expectation States Theory
• Social Exchange Theory
• Social Structure and Personality
• Evolutionary Social Psychology
• Development and Socialization
• Development and Socialization in Childhood
• Socialization in Adolescence
• Development and Socialization through the Adult Life Course
• Intrapersonal Processes
• Self and Identity
• Language and Social Interaction
• Social Cognition
• Ideologies, Values, Attitudes, and Behavior
• Emotions and Sentiments
• Interpersonal Processes
• Attraction and Interpersonal Relationships
• Interaction in Small Groups
• Interaction in Social Networks
• Social Structure and Psychological Functioning
• The Individual in Sociocultural Context
• Social Psychological Perspectives on Deviance
• Intergroup Relations
• Social Psychological Perspectives on Crowds and Social Movements
• Cross-Cultural Social Psychology.