This updated edition of Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives continues to offer a comprehensive approach to understanding human behavior, emphasizing the critical roles that social contexts, group processes, and social structures play in shaping individual selves, interactions, emotions, and thought processes. Grounded in contemporary research, this edition introduces new case studies and applications, along with unique textboxes containing career information in fields linked to social psychology, making it more relevant than ever to today’s rapidly changing world. By framing the chapters through the lenses of key sociological theories, the text provides a distinctive framework for analyzing how social forces influence human behavior. Pedagogically rich and thoughtfully organized, this edition offers new learning tools, including expanded critical thinking exercises, visuals, and sources to engage students and foster a more dynamic learning experience. Perfect for sociology and psychology courses, Social Psychology continues to be a must-have resource for those seeking a sociological perspective on the complex and exciting field of social psychology.

This text, written by a team of sociologists, introduces students to social psychology by focusing on the contributions of sociology to this field, and on the perspectives, theories, and issues that are of the greatest importance to sociology. This text emphasizes sociological work in the field, such as the effect of larger social-structural conditions on individuals and groups, and theories/perspectives from macrosociology. Also, it reflects more of the issues that sociologists are concerned with, such as social inequality, than psychology texts do. The 2nd edition now includes new concepts, theories, and methodologies such as frame analysis, identity control theory, and autoethnography, to name a few.

Written by a team of sociologists, this text introduces readers to social psychology by focusing on the contributions of sociology to the field of social psychology. The authors believe sociology provides a unique and indispensable vision of the social-psychological world in the theoretical perspectives that sociologists employ when studying human interactions and in the methodological techniques they utilize. Within the pedagogically rich chapters, topics are examined from the perspectives of symbolic interactionism, social structure and personality, and group processes.

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