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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- PART ONE: TEXTS AND RHETORIC -- 1 PREFACING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE -- 2 CRISIS WHAT CRISIS? DISCOURSES AND NARRATIVES OF THE 'SOCIAL' IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY -- 3 RHETORIC OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY -- 4 THE RHETORIC OF PSEUDOSCIENCE -- 5 'I GOTTA USE WORDS WHEN I TALK TO YOU': DECONSTRUCTING THE THEORY OF COMMUNICATION -- PART TWO: POWER AND SCIENCE -- 6 THE ABSTRACTION AND REPRESENTATION OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY -- 7 PSYCHOLOGY AS A 'SOCIAL' SCIENCE -- 8 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL CONTROL -- 9 ALL HAIL THE GREAT ABSTRACTION: STAR WARS AND THE POLITICS OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY -- 10 WHAT'S POWER GOT TO DO WITH IT? EMPOWERMENT AND SOCIAL RESEARCH -- PART THREE: SUBJECTIVITY AND INDIVIDUALITY -- 11 SOCIAL INDIVIDUALITY VERSUS POSSESSIVE INDIVIDUALISM: THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE -- 12 INTERGROUP THEORY AND DECONSTRUCTION -- 13 RESEARCHING PSYCHOTHERAPY IN BRITAIN: THE LIMITS OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH -- 14 PSYCHOANALYTIC FEMINISM: DECONSTRUCTING POWER IN THEORY AND THERAPY -- 15 DIFFERING WITH DECONSTRUCTION: A FEMINIST CRITIQUE -- References -- Index.

Written by Dr Paul Seager, a social psychology specialist who teaches at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, 'Social Psychology: A Complete Introduction' is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers key areas that students are expected to be confident in, outlining the basics in clear jargon-free English, and then provides added-value features like summaries of key studies, lists of questions to test your understanding of the concepts covered, and a 'Food for thought' section at the end of each chapter which challenges you to put the academic