Theories in social psychology /
edited by Derek Chadee.
- Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- xiii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Toward freedom: reactance theory revisited / Derek Chadee -- Inconsistency in cognition: cognitive dissonance / Paul R. Nail and Kurt A. Boniecki -- Attribution theories: how people make sense of behavior / Bertram F. Malle -- The elaboration likelihood model of persuasion: thoughtful and non-thoughtful social influence / Benjamin C. Wagner and Richard E. Petty -- Social comparison: motives, standards, and mechanisms / Katja Corcoran, Jan Crusius, and Thomas Mussweiler -- Relative deprivation: understanding the dynamics of discontent / Jenny Carrillo ... [et al.] -- Evaluating fairness: critical assessment of equity theory / Denise M. Polk -- Interdependence in social interaction / Ann C. Rumble -- Self-categorization and social identification: making sense of us and them / Katharina Schmid, Miles Hewstone and Ananthi Al Ramiah -- Social categorization theories: from culture to cognition / Richard J. Crisp and Angela T. Maitner -- Symbolic interactionism: from Gestalt to cybernetics / Andreas Schneider -- Impression management: influencing perceptions of self / Meni Koslowsky and Shani Pindek.