This edition provides full summaries of the most important psychological research studies and includes an expanded section on methodology. The studies have been selected to highlight the major areas of psychology and studies are grouped under headings of social, developmental, cognitive and biological psychology.
Table of Contents
SECTION ONE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY - CHAPTER 1 SOCIAL INFLUENCE - EIGHT OUT OF TEN OWNERS SAID THEIR CATS PREFERRED IT - ASCH, S. E. (1955). Opinions and social pressure. Scientific American, 193, 31-35. - BE A GOOD BOY AND DO AS YOU ARE TOLD - MILGRAM, S. (1963). Behavioral study of obedience. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67, 371-78. - GOING UNDERGROUND - PILIAVIN, I.M., RODIN, J.A & PILIVIN,J. (1969) Good Samaritanism: An underground phenomenon? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 13, 289-99 - WALK ON BY - LEVINE, R.M (1999) Rethinking bystander on-intervention. Human Relations, 52, 1133-1155 - CHAPTER 2 SOCIAL JUDGEMENTS - IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM? - NISBETT, R. E., CAPUTO, C., LEGANT, P. & MARECEK, J. (1973). Behaviour as seen by the actor and as seen by the observer. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 27, 154-64. - I'M NOT PREJUDICED, BUT ... - LaPIERE, R. T. (1934). Attitudes vs. actions. Social Forces, 13, 230-37. - CHANGING OUR MINDS - FESTINGER, L. & CARLSMITH, J. M. (1959). Cognitive consequences of forced compliance. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 58, 203-10. - THE MINIMAL GROUP STUDIES - TAJFEL, H. (1970). Experiments in intergroup discrimination. Scientific American, 223, 96-102. - SHOCK AND AWE - FISCHOFF et al. (2005) Evolving Judgements of Terror Risks: Foresight, Hindsight and Emotion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: 2005, Vol 11, No2 124-139 - CHAPTER 3 SOCIAL INTERACTION - THE ROBBER'S CAVE - SHERIF, M. (1956). Experiments in group conflict. Scientific American, 195, 54-58. - TYRANNY - REICHER, S & HASLAM, S.A (2006) Rethinking the Psychology of tyranny: The BBC prison study BJSP 45 1-40 - THE MOTHER AND FATHER OF ALL GROUPS - BALES, R.F (1955). How people interact in conferences. Scientific American 192, 31-35 - THE PRISON SIMULATION - HANEY, C, BANKS, W.C & ZIMBARDO, P.G ( 1973) A study of prisoners and guards in a simulated prison. Naval Research Review, 30 4-17 - SMALL WORLDS AND GETTING SMALLER - DODD, P. MUHAMAD, R & WATTS, D (2003) An experimental study of search in global social networks. Science, 301, 827-829 - SECTION TWO COMPARATIVE AND BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY - CHAPTER 4 LEARNING - THE FLIGHT OF THE KILLER PIGEONS - SKINNER, B.F. (1960). Pigeons in a pelican. American Psychologist, 15, 28-37. - WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? - OLDS, J., & MILNER, P. (1954). Positive reinforcement produced by electrical stimulation of the septal area and other regions of the rat brain. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 47, 419-427. - LEARNING TO BE HELPLESS - SELIGMAN, M. E. P. & MAIER, S. F. (1967). Failure to escape traumatic shock. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74, 1-9. - TALKING TO THE ANIMA
Author Biography
PHILIP BANYARD is Associate Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University, UK, and was Chief Examiner for the OCR A level in Psychology. He has written numerous articles for teachers and students of psychology, and has been teaching introductory level psychology for many years. ANDREW GRAYSON is Senior Lecturer in Psychology in the Centre for Human Development and Learning at the Open University, UK. He has taught developmental psychology, introductory psychology and research methods at degree level for over twelve years.
