| Portion of title |
Clashing views in social psychology |
| Portion of title |
Social psychology |
| Series |
McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series
McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series. ^A1021705
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| Contents |
Part 1. Ethical issues in social psychology: Is deception of human participants ethical? -- Should social psychologists try to solve social problems? -- Part 2. Social cognition: Are our social perceptions often inaccurate? -- Does cognitive dissonance explain why behavior can change attitudes? -- Applying social psychology: are self-esteem programs misguided? -- Do positive illusions lead to healthy behavior? -- Can people accurately detect lies? -- Are repressed memories real? -- Part 3. Social influence: Can social psychological research help explain the Abu Ghraib prison scandal? -- Do Milgram's obedience experiments help explain the nature of the Holocaust? -- Does the Stanford Prison Experiment help explain the effects of imprisonment? -- Is subliminal persuasion a myth? -- Can people really be brainwashed? -- Part 4. Social relations: Is stereotyping inevitable? -- Does the Implicit Association Test (IAT) measure racial prejudice? -- Can stereotypes lead to accurate perceptions of others? -- Does true altruism exist? -- Does media violence cause aggression? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Taking sides. 2nd ed. Dubuque, Iowa : McGraw-Hill Education, ©2007 |
| ISBN | 0073515035 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780073515038 (pbk.) |
