Experiments with people: revelations from social psychology
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Going Along to Get Along: Conforming to Group Norms -- 2 Clashing Cognitions: When Actions Prompt Attitudes -- 3 Baptism of Fire: When Suffering Leads to Liking -- 4 Just Following Orders: A Shocking Demonstration of Obedience to Authority -- 5 "Who, Me?": The Failure of Bystanders to Intervene in Emergencies -- 6 Of Roaches and Men: Social Enhancement and Inhibition of Performance -- 7 Us and Them: Discrimination on the Basis of Trivial Social Categorization -- 8 The Sauntering Samaritan: When Context Conquers Character -- 9 Taking the Magic Out of the Markers: The Hidden Cost of Rewards -- 10 The Burglar's Situation: Actor-Observer Differences in Explaining Behavior -- 11 We're Number One!: Basking in Others' Glory -- 12 Hooded Hoodlums: The Role of Deindividuation in Antisocial Behavior -- 13 Familiarity Breeds Liking: The Endearing Effects of Mere Exposure -- 14 Strangers to Ourselves: The Shortcomings of Introspection -- 15 What Did You Expect?: The Behavioral Confirmation of the Physical Attractiveness Stereotype -- 16 The Calvinist's Conundrum: Unconsciously Engineering Good Omens -- 17 Believing Is Seeing: Partisan Perceptions of Media Bias -- 18 Love Thy Neighbor or Thyself?: Empathy as a Source of Altruism -- 19 When Two Become One: Expanding the Self to Include the Other -- 20 The Eye Is Quicker Than the Mind: Believing Precedes Disbelieving -- 21 Mythical Memories: Reconstructing the Past in the Present -- 22 Pitfalls of Purpose: Ironic Processes in Mood Control -- 23 Digital Diagnosis: Technical Tools for Unearthing the Unconscious -- 24 Frames of Mind: Taking Risks or Playing Safe? -- 25 The Wrath of the Rejected: Being Shut Out Makes One Lash Out -- 26 Prosocial Scuttlebutt: Sharing the Bad to Promote the Good