Section 1: Social Cognition -- 1. Theorizing Social Psychology -- 2. Towards Freedom: Reactance Theory Revisted / Derek Chadee and Mary Chadee -- 3. Inconsistency in Cognition: Cognitive Dissonance / Cindy Harmon-Jones, Paul R. Nail and Kurt A. Boniecki -- 4. Attribution Theory: How People Make Sense of Behavior / Bertram F. Malle -- 5. The Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion: Thoughtful and Non-Thoughtful Social Influence / Benjamin C. Wagner and Richard E. Petty -- 6. Construal Theory / Victor Grandison and Mary Chadee -- Section Two : Social Comparison -- 7. Social Comparison: Standards, Mechanisms and Motivation / Jan Crusius, Katja Corcoran and Thomas Mussweiler -- 8. Relative Deprivation and Cognate Theories: Making Sense of Irrational Behavior / Beverly G. Conrique and Faye J. Crosby -- Section Three: Social Reinforcement -- 9. Equity Theory: Evaluating Fairness / Denise M. Polk -- 10. Interdependence in Social Interaction / Ann C. Rumble -- Section Four: Self -- 11. Social Identity and Self Categorization: Making Sense of Us and Them / Nils Karl Reimer, Katharina Schmid, Miles Hewstone, and Ananthi Al Ramiah -- 12. Social Categorization Theory Reloaded: From Culture to Cognition / Richard J. Crisp, Angela T. Maitner, and Andrew J. Marcinko -- 13. Symbolic Interactionism: From Early Philosophy to Models of Artificial Intelligence / Andreas Schneider -- 14. Impression Management / Meni Koslowsky, Shani Pindek and Abira Reizer -- Contributors -- Index.

"Social psychology is relevant today as much as it was over a hundred years ago during its genesis. But academics would argue that the impetus, and at the core of any discipline is the theoretical foundation of that discipline. The genesis to the maturity of social psychology from the early twentieth century to the second decade of the twenty- first century has seen the creation and development of numerous theories intended to conceptualize spheres of reality that were somewhat outside of the range of sociology or psychology. Many of these theories still meaningfully contribute toward the research and theoretical expansion of the discipline. Gordon Allport (1968) defined social psychology as "an attempt to understand and explain how the thoughts, feelings and behavior of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined or implied presence of others." As limited as definitions are, this definition of social psychology captured the dynamism, focus, and direction of the discipline. Important to an understanding of social psychological behavior is taking into consideration not only what is happening socially to the person but also what is occurring internally, including cognitively, to the individual which, in turn, affects social behavior. From its genesis rooted in the work of William Jamess Principles of Psychology to current development of the discipline, there has always been an emphasis on the individual within the social interaction paradigm. Theorization, therefore, within the discipline has fallen within this paradigm, which is now extended to include the neurological functioning of human beings within the social psychological context."--

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