Experiments with People: Revelations from Social Psychology
By Robert P. Abelson; Kurt P. Frey et al. | Go to book overview
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Book title: Experiments with People: Revelations from Social Psychology.
Contributors: Robert P. Abelson - Author, Kurt P. Frey - Author, Aiden P. Gregg - Author.
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Place of publication: Mahwah, NJ.
Publication year: 2004.
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Table of contents
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- Contents v
- Introduction xi
- References xiv
- Acknowledgments xiv
- 1 - Strangers to Ourselves: the Shortcomings of Introspection 1
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- 2 - Mythical Memories: Reconstructing the Past in the Present 14
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- 3 - Taking the Edge off Adversity: the Psychological Immune System 29
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- 4 - Believing is Seeing: Partisan Perceptions of Media Bias 41
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- 5 - Frames of Mind: Taking Risks or Playing Safe? 52
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- 6 - Clashing Cognitions: When Actions Prompt Attitudes 64
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- 7 - Baptism of Fire: When Suffering Leads to Liking 79
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- 8 - Taking the Magic Out of the Markers: the Hidden Cost of Rewards 90
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- 9 - The Calvinist's Conundrum: Unconsciously Engineering Good Omens 103
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- 10 - Pitfalls of Purpose: Ironic Processes in Mood Control 114
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- 11 - Familiarity Breeds Liking: the Positive Effects of Mere Exposure 127
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- 12 - Beneath the Mask: Tools for Detecting Hidden Prejudice 137
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- 13 - I Think, Therefore I Act: Priming Intelligence with Social Stereotypes 151
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- 14 - What Did You Expect?: the Behavioral Confirmation of the Physical Attractiveness Stereotype 162
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- 15 - Good Vibes: Insights into Belief in Mental Telepathy 174
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- 16 - The Eye is Quicker Than the Mind: Believing Precedes Unbelieving 186
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- 17 - Going Along to Get Along: Conformity to Group Norms 199
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- 18 - The Unhurried Samaritan: When Context Determines Character 212
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- 19 - Who, Me?: the Failure of Bystanders to Intervene in Emergencies 222
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- 20 - Love Thy Neighbor or Thyself?: Empathy as a Source of Altruism 233
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- 21 - Just Following Orders: a Shocking Demonstration of Obedience to Authority 245
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- 22 - Hooded Hoodlums: the Role of Deindividuation in Antisocial Behavior 259
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- 23 - The Burglar's Situation: Actor-Observer Differences in Explaining Behavior 268
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- 24 - Of Cockroaches and Men: Social Enhancement and Inhibition of Performance 280
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- 25 - We're Mumber One!: Basking in Others' Glory 289
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- 26 - Ackmians Are from Mars, Orinthians Are Prom Venus: Gender Stereotypes as Role Rationalizations 300
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- 27 - When Two Become One: Expanding the Self to Include the Other 313
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- 28 - The Wrath of the Rejected: Being Shut Out Makes One Lash Out 326
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- Revelations 339
- Author Index 343
- Subject Index 353
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