Principles of Social Psychology - 1st International Edition
Rajiv Jhangiani, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Hammond Tarry, Adler School of Professional Psychology
Charles Stangor, University of Maryland
Copyright Year: 2014
ISBN 13: 9781774200155
Publisher: BCcampus
Language: English
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Reviews
The book is covering all major topics/areas in social psychology presenting essential and fundamental texts for each topic. read more
The book is covering all major topics/areas in social psychology presenting essential and fundamental texts for each topic.
There are references at the end of each chapter. they represent peer-reviewed, impact-factor journals.
Most of the chapters have Research Focus section related to the topic of the chapter. The necessary updates related to the up-to-date relevance will be easy to implement.
Jargon and technical terminology are introduced after the context and introduction piece, which makes it easy to comprehend the definition and the idea.
Each and every chapter introduces new terminology or concepts in a consecutive way. There is no theory introduced without previous knowledge needed to understand.
Chapters are divided in smaller sub-chapters focusing on sub-topic of the chapter. It is easy to comprehend keeping the big theme in mind while focusing on parts of it.
The topics and accordingly chapters are presented in a sequence that make sense and is easily comprehensible. Each chapter starts with the learning objectives, continues with the main text and ends with the references and summary.
The interface is easy to perceive well structures. It meets the readers' intuitive "expectation."
The book does not contain grammatical errors.
The book includes rich cross-cultural studies in many chapters.
There are many points of divergence from the textbook’s psychological perspective where I need to lecture, like Mead and the self, Stryker and identities, Goffman and dramaturgy, but I also bring in cutting edge material like Barrett’s work on the... read more
There are many points of divergence from the textbook’s psychological perspective where I need to lecture, like Mead and the self, Stryker and identities, Goffman and dramaturgy, but I also bring in cutting edge material like Barrett’s work on the social construction of emotions and Will Storr’s Selfie, which discusses the emergence of the self in Western culture. I found the book surprisingly weak on socialization, which is common to both perspectives, and on research methodology, which is only addressed in a small section of a chapter, but again this allowed me to bring in sociological paradigm in lecture. At 12 chapters, the textbook leaves room in the syllabus for a class on symbolic communication, language, and theory of mind, and more in-depth material on organizational behavior.
I have not found any errors within its paradigm.
I decided to adopt this textbook for my course Individual and Society after the two textbooks I previously used went out of print. The course is social psychology, but from a sociological point of view. The difference between psychological social psychology and sociological social psychology is that the former starts from the person and works up to society while the latter starts with society and works down to the individual, making the individual a kind of “node” of society. Unfortunately, there are no sociological social psychology open source textbooks. So, to make this work I have to rely on the textbook to provide basic material common to both paradigms and then bring in the sociological perspective in lectures and other content.
The text is appropriate for an upper level undergraduate course
There are no problems here
At 12 chapters, the textbook leaves room in the syllabus for a class on symbolic communication, language, and theory of mind, and more in-depth material on organizational behavior. I have swapped chapters around in my course with no problem. I assign quizzes on each chapter in which the students offer a "take away" summary of the sections of the chapters assigned for each class, and have seen no problems for the students.
The topics are organized well, but I have swapped a few around to fit better with my other material.
no problems
haven't found any yet
This text is cross cultural which is one of its strong points.
Review of open source social psychology textbook
Marty Laubach
Professor of Sociology
Marshall University
Jhangiani, R., Tarry, H., & Stangor, C. (2022). Principles of social psychology (1st international H5P edition). BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/
I decided to adopt this textbook for my course Individual and Society after the two textbooks I previously used went out of print. The course is social psychology, but from a sociological point of view. The difference between psychological social psychology and sociological social psychology is that the former starts from the person and works up to society while the latter starts with society and works down to the individual, making the individual a kind of “node” of society. Unfortunately, there are no sociological social psychology open source textbooks. So, to make this work I have to rely on the textbook to provide basic material common to both paradigms and then bring in the sociological perspective in lectures and other content. This requirement has made the course heavy on lecture, but as it is a hyflex course (available face to face, virtual, and asynchronous online), it has to be designed with online discussion as reflections on the weekly course materials, so lecture (and my notes and the transcript) is effectively a substitute for the second textbook. I record the lectures and post them for the asynchronous students. Since I assign podcasts and videos, I see my recorded lectures (in front of the synchronous students) as essentially another podcast but one that organizes all of the rest of the weekly content.
There are many points of divergence from the textbook’s psychological perspective where I need to lecture, like Mead and the self, Stryker and identities, Goffman and dramaturgy, but I also bring in cutting edge material like Barrett’s work on the social construction of emotions and Will Storr’s Selfie, which discusses the emergence of the self in Western culture. I found the book surprisingly weak on socialization, which is common to both perspectives, and on research methodology, which is only addressed in a small section of a chapter, but again this allowed me to bring in sociological paradigm in lecture. At 12 chapters, the textbook leaves room in the syllabus for a class on symbolic communication, language, and theory of mind, and more in-depth material on organizational behavior.
So far I have received good feedback from the students, especially appreciating the free textbook and the flexibility on how the course material is delivered. I warned them in the beginning that I was experimenting both with the new textbook and with the hyflex delivery methodology, so they have been tolerant about it all. We are in the midst of the course so I haven’t yet received the anonymous feedback.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introducing Social Psychology
- 2. Social Cognition
- 3. The Self
- 4. Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion
- 5. Perceiving Others
- 6. Influencing and Conforming
- 7. Liking and Loving
- 8. Helping and Altruism
- 9. Aggression
- 10. Working Groups: Performance and Decision Making
- 11. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
- 12. Competition and Cooperation in Our Social Worlds
Ancillary Material
About the Book
Helping students organize their thinking about social psychology at a conceptual level.
About the Contributors
Authors
Rajiv Jhangiani is a core faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Vancouver, Canada, and an Open Learning Faculty Member at Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Canada, where he teaches a variety of courses including social psychology, personality psychology, conservation psychology, and the psychology of genocide. He completed his PhD in Social and Personality Psychology from the University of British Columbia in 2008. Dr. Jhangiani’s research focuses on political violence, social cognition, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. His research has been supported by agencies including the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, & Violence. Dr. Jhangiani is a Faculty Fellow with the BC Open Textbook Project, the Director of Research, Resources, and Special Initiatives on the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s Early Career Psychologists Committee, a member of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s Task Force on Undergraduate Skills Assessment, and an Associate Editor of Psychology Learning & Teaching. Among other honours, Dr. Jhangiani is the recipient of the Robert E. Knox Master Teacher Award from the University of British Columbia and the Roberta Sigel Award from the International Society of Political Psychology.
Hammond Tarry is a faculty member at the Adler School of Professional Psychology, Vancouver, Canada, and at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Tarry completed his doctoral research in psychology in 2001 at the University of Oxford, U.K. His thesis was entitled Delinquency, Moral Reasoning, and Social Control. He has published and supervised research on topics including sociomoral development, political orientation, attitudes toward institutional authority, and reputation management. He teaches a wide range of courses, including social psychology, group dynamics, research methods, and introductory psychology. He has a particular interest in open textbooks from a social justice perspective.
Charles Stangor is professor of psychology at the University of Maryland. He has also taught at the New School for Social Research, Michigan State University, and the University of Tübingen in Germany. He received his BA from Beloit College in 1973 and his PhD from New York University in 1986. Dr. Stangor is the recipient of research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and from the National Science Foundation. He has published seven books and over seventy research articles and book chapters and has served as an associate editor of the European Journal of Social Psychology. He is a charter fellow of the American Psychological Society. He has served as the chair of the executive committee and is currently executive officer for the Society for Experimental Social Psychology. Dr. Stangor’s research interests concern the development of stereotypes and prejudice and their influences upon individuals who are potential victims of discrimination. Dr. Stangor regularly teaches social psychology, research methods, and, at the graduate level, Fundamentals of Social Psychology and Group Processes. Dr. Stangor is chair of the undergraduate committee in the psychology department and has won the distinguished teaching award from the University of Maryland. Dr. Stangor also serves as the chair of the psychology department’s human subjects committee.