

The Mormon Experience Revisited Chapter Review 150 The Vincennes Revisited Chapter Review 96 Positive Psychology: Optimism, Cognition, Health, and Life 90 Optimism and Cognition 90 Optimism and Health 90 Optimism and Happiness 91 Cognitive Optimism: An Evolutionary Interpretation Bottom Line 95 The Significance of First Impressions 84 Schemas 85 The Confirmation Bias 87 Shortcuts to Reality: Heuristics 88 Social Psychology and the Understanding of Social Behavior 2 Self-Esteem and Impression Management 53 Self-Monitoring and Impression Management 53 Self-Presentation and Manipulative Strategies 54 Self-Handicapping 54 Impression Formation: Automaticity and Social Perception 63 Social Perception: Understanding Other People 61 Self-Control and Self-Regulation 46 The Cost and Ironic Effects of Self-Control 48 Misattributions 80 The Fundamental Attribution Error 81 The Actor-Observer Bias 83 The False Consensus Bias 84 Self-Serving Cognitions 49 Maintaining Self-Consistency 50 Self-Control: How People Regulate Their Behavior Internal Influences on Self-Esteem 41 Self-Esteem and Stigma 44 Self-Esteem and Cultural Influences 45 What’s So Good about High Self-Esteem? 45 Implicit and Explicit Self-Esteem 46 The Attribution Process: Deciding Why People Act As They Do 74 Heider’s Early Work on Attribution 74 Correspondent Inference Theory 75 Covariation Theory 76 Dual-Process Models 78 Intentionality and Attributions 79 Self-Knowledge: How We Know Thyself? 30 The Self and Memory 32 Religion and the Self 34 The Self: The Influence of Groups and Culture 35 How Accurate Are Our Impressions? 69 Confidence and Impression Formation 70 If at First You Don’t Like Someone, You May Never Like Them 70 Person Perception: Reading Faces and Catching Liars 71

The Impression Others Make on Us: How Do We “Read” People? 69 Rick Rescorla and 9/11 Revisited Chapter Review 24 2 The Impression We Make on Others 56 The Life of James Carroll Revisited 57 Chapter Review 58Įxperimental Research 10 Correlational Research 15 Settings for Social Psychological Research 16 The Role of Theory in Social Psychological Research 16 What Do We Learn from Research in Social Psychology? 20 Ethics and Social Psychological Research 21 Social Psychology and Related Fields Research in Social Psychology 9 Printed in the United States of America by Freeload Press.ġ Understanding Social Behavior 2 The Social Selfģ Social Perception: Understanding Other People 61 4 Prejudice and Discrimination 5 Attitudesħ Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience 8 Group Processesĩ Interpersonal Attraction and Close Relationships 315 10 Interpersonal Aggressionġ1 Prosocial Behavior and Altruism Glossary ReferencesĪ Model for Understanding Social Behavior 3 Expanding Lewin’s Model 5 Social Psychology, 3rd Edition Copyright ©2008 by Freeload Press Illustration used on cover © 2008 JupiterImages Corporation ISBN 1-93 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, photocopying, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
