The Oxford Encyclopedia of Social Psychology
Social psychology is the study of human interaction. It seeks to understand how people affect, and are affected by, other people—how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are affected by the real, imagined, or implied presence of other people. Social psychologists employ a wide variety of scientific methods, ranging from laboratory experiments to observational and survey studies conducted in the field. Ultimately, this research is aimed at building, testing, and revising theories of social behavior and interaction. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Social Psychology provides a scholarly, accessible, and up-to-date overview of the field in in-depth articles, which also appear online as part of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology.
Volume Editor
Michael Hogg, Claremont Graduate University
Topics
Aggression and Prosocial Behavior
Attitudes
Attraction and Close Relationships
Attribution and Social Explanation
Culture
Environment
Gender
Group Processes
Health Psychology
Intergroup Behavior
Language and Communication
Persuasion and Attitude Change
Prejudice and Discrimination
Self and Identity
Social Cognition and Social Thinking
Social Influence
Articles
Attitudes (Lukas J. Wolf, Geoffrey Haddock, Gregory R. Maio)
Attitudes and Behavior (Geoffrey Haddock, Sapphira Thorne, Lukas Wolf)
Attitudes and Values (Paul H. P. Hanel, Colin Foad, Gregory R. Maio)
Attributing Inferred Causes and Explanations to Behavior (Gordon B. Moskowitz, Irmak Olcaysoy Okten, Alexandra Sackett)
Bystander Apathy (Steve A. Nida)
Compliance and Social Psychology (Chad R. Mortensen, Robert B. Cialdini)
Conservation and the Environment (Adam R. Pearson, Matthew T. Ballew)
Crowds and Collective Behavior (John Drury, Stephen Reicher)
Dehumanization, Violence, and Genocide (Steve Loughnan, Mayu Koike, Casey Bevens)
Dogmatism and the Need for Closure (Amber M. Gaffney, Natasha La Vogue)
Empathy and Altruism (Eric L. Stocks, David A. Lishner)
Evolution, Biology, and Attraction (Norman P. Li, Lynn K. L. Tan, Bryan K. C. Choy)
Gender in a Social Psychology Context (Thekla Morgenroth, Michelle K. Ryan)
Gender, Race, and Leadership (Christopher T. Begeny, C.Y. Edwina Wong, Teri A. Kirby, Floor Rink)
Globalization and Intercultural Relations (Chi Yue Chiu, Anand Benegal, Peter Hays Gries)
Group Cohesion (Kimberly Rios, Cameron D. Mackey)
Group Decision-Making (R. Scott Tindale, Jeremy R. Winget)
Group Norms (Joanne R. Smith)
Group Processes (Charles Stangor)
Human Aggression (Christopher Groves, Craig A. Anderson)
Inference in Social Cognition (D. Vaughn Becker, Christian Unkelbach, Klaus Fiedler)
Intergroup Attribution (Thomas F. Pettigrew)
Intergroup Behavior (Aharon Levy, John F. Dovidio)
Love and Friendship Across the Lifespan (Saeideh Heshmati, Ezra Isabel Cabreros, Olivia Ellis, M. Betsy Blackard)
Negotiation and Bargaining (Wolfgang Steinel, Fieke Harinck)
Prejudice (John F. Dovidio, Fabian M. H. Schellhaas, Adam R. Pearson)
Resistance to Persuasion (Dolores Albarracín, Alexander Karan)
Self and Identity (Sanaz Talaifar, William Swann)
Self-Awareness and Self-Knowledge (Mark Alicke, Yiyue Zhang, Nicole Stephenson)
Self-Esteem and Self-Enhancement (Zachary P. Hohman, Joshua K. Brown)
Social Cognition (Kyle G. Ratner)
Social Development Across the Lifespan (Kendall Cotton Bronk, Elyse Postlewaite, Betsy Blackard, Jordan Boeder, Hannah Lucas)
Social Influence in Leadership (David E. Rast III, Christine Kershaw)
Social Markers in Language and Speech (Margaret Jane Pitts, Cindy Gallois)
Social Psychology and Language (Susan C. Baker, Bernadette M. Watson, Cindy Gallois)
Stereotypes and Prejudice (David Marx, Sei Jin Ko)
Structure and Function of Attitudes (Pablo Briñol, Richard E. Petty, Maria Stavraki)
Theories of Prejudice (Thomas F. Pettigrew)
Why People Join Groups (Zachary P. Hohman, Olivia R. Kuljian)
