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Social Psychology


March 2006 | 208 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

Sage Course Companions are an exciting new series from SAGE offering students an insider's guide into how to make the most of their undergraduate courses and extend their understanding of key concepts covered in their course.

Social Psychology provides student readers with essential help with all aspects of their first course in social psychology, including advice on revising for exams, preparing and writing course assessment materials, and enhancing and progressing their knowledge and skills in line with course requirements on a social psychology course.

This Course Companion is designed to augment, rather than replace, existing textbooks for the course, and will provide:

  • Helpful summaries of the course curriculum to aid lecture notes, seminars and written assignment
  • Key summaries of the approach taken by the main social psychology textbook
  • Guidance on the essential study skills required
  • Help with developing critical thinking
  • Route-maps to aid the development of wider learning above and beyond textbook
  • Pointers to success in course exams
  • A tutor's-eye view of what course examiners are looking for
  • An insider's view of what key course concepts are really all about

Sage Course Companions are much more than revision guides for undergraduates; they are an essential tool to taking your course learning and understanding to new levels and in new directions that are the key to success in undergraduate courses.


 
PART ONE: THE BASICS OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
 
Definition
 
Social Psychology and Related Disciplines/Theories
 
History of Social Psychology
 
Cultural Differences in Psychology
 
Founding Figures and their Core Ideas
 
Thinking Like a Social Psychologist
 
Learning Outcomes and Assessment
 
Running Themes
 
PART TWO: COURSE COMPANION TO THE CURRICULUM
 
The Self
 
Social Cognition
 
Attribution
 
Attitudes and Attitude Change
 
Social Influence
 
Group Processes
 
Intergroup Relations, Prejudice and Discrimination
 
Close Relationships
 
Aggression
 
Prosocial Behaviour
 
PART THREE: STUDY AND REVISION SKILLS
 
Introduction
 
How To Get the Most out of Your Lectures
 
How To Make the Most of Seminars
 
Essay Writing Tips
 
Revision Hints and Tips
 
Exam Tips
 
Tips on Interpreting Essay and Exam Questions
 
Summary

Excellent guide to topic, presented clearly and with supporting study skills added - ideal for my Access to HE learners. Have requested a dozen copies to be ordered through our college library - and will recommend to my learners when covering this unit.

Mrs Stephanie Lee
IIP, Weston College
August 17, 2015

Other text chosen - sorry

Ms Sara Paterson
Social Work , University of Applied Science
July 3, 2012

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