Experiments With People

Revelations From Social Psychology, 2nd Edition

Kurt P. Frey, Aiden P. Gregg

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Year: 2017
• Topic: Psychology
• eBook ISBN:
  9781351588775
• Subtopic: Experimental Psychology
• Index: Psychology

This book showcases 28 intriguing social psychological experiments that have significantly advanced our understanding of human social thinking and behavior. Each chapter focuses on the details and implications of a single study, while citing related research and real-life examples along the way. All the chapters are fully self-contained, allowing them to be read in any order without loss of coherence. This 2nd Edition contains a number of new studies and, together with its lively, conversational tone, it makes an ideal text for courses in social psychology, introductory psychology, or research design.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 Going Along to Get Along: Conforming to Group Norms
• 2 Clashing Cognitions: When Actions Prompt Attitudes
• 3 Baptism of Fire: When Suffering Leads to Liking
• 4 Just Following Orders: A Shocking Demonstration of Obedience to Authority
• 5 “Who, Me?”: The Failure of Bystanders to Intervene in Emergencies
• 6 Of Roaches and Men: Social Enhancement and Inhibition of Performance
• 7 Us and Them: Discrimination on the Basis of Trivial Social Categorization
• 8 The Sauntering Samaritan: When Context Conquers Character
• 9 Taking the Magic Out of the Markers: The Hidden Cost of Rewards
• 10 The Burglar’s Situation: Actor-Observer Differences in Explaining Behavior
• 11 We’re Number One!: Basking in Others’ Glory
• 12 Hooded Hoodlums: The Role of Deindividuation in Antisocial Behavior
• 13 Familiarity Breeds Liking: The Endearing Effects of Mere Exposure
• 14 Strangers to Ourselves: The Shortcomings of Introspection
• 15 What Did You Expect?: The Behavioral Confirmation of the Physical Attractiveness Stereotype
• 16 The Calvinist’s Conundrum: Unconsciously Engineering Good Omens
• 17 Believing Is Seeing: Partisan Perceptions of Media Bias
• 18 Love Thy Neighbor or Thyself?: Empathy as a Source of Altruism
• 19 When Two Become One: Expanding the Self to Include the Other
• 20 The Eye Is Quicker Than the Mind: Believing Precedes Disbelieving
• 21 Mythical Memories: Reconstructing the Past in the Present
• 22 Pitfalls of Purpose: Ironic Processes in Mood Control
• 23 Digital Diagnosis: Technical Tools for Unearthing the Unconscious
• 24 Frames of Mind: Taking Risks or Playing Safe?
• 25 The Wrath of the Rejected: Being Shut Out Makes One Lash Out
• 26 Prosocial Scuttlebutt: Sharing the Bad to Promote the Good
• 27 Loving Regards: Antidote to Existential Terror
• 28 Punishing Perpetrators: Motivated Belief in Free Will
• Revelations
• Index