Social psychology : sociological perspectives

Author(s)

• Rohall, David E
• Milkie, Melissa A
• Lucas, Jeffrey W

Bibliographic Information

Social psychology : sociological perspectives

David E. Rohall, Melissa A. Milkie, Jeffrey W. Lucas

Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2007

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-322) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text, written by a team of sociologists, introduces students to social psychology by focusing on the contributions of sociology to this field, and on the perspectives, theories, and issues that are of the greatest importance to sociology.

Table of Contents

Each chapter concludes with a Summary Section that includes "Bringing It All Together," Discussion Questions, Key Terms and Concepts, and A Summary of Key Points. Part I. Perspectives and Methods 1. Introduction to Sociological Social Psychology Sociology, Psychology, and Social Psychology Macrosociology and Microsociology Sociological and Psychological Social Psychology Historical Context of Sociological Social Psychology Section Summary Perspectives in Sociological Social Psychology Symbolic Interactionism Social Structure and Personality Group Processes Section Summary Your Social Psychological Tool Kit The Sociological Imagination Your Tool Kit Social Norms and Values Roles and Statuses Patterns of Behavior and Relationships Culture 2. Perspectives in Sociological Social Psychology The Symbolic Interaction Perspective Society and Agency Basic Principles of Symbolic Interactionism Symbols, Language, and the Development of Meaning The Use of Meaning Once Derived Subjective Experience Two Schools of Symbolic Interactionism The Chicago School The Indiana and Iowa Schools The Social Structure and Personality Perspective The Components Principle Status Roles Social Networks The Proximity Principle The Psychology Principle Section Summary The Group Processes Perspective Studying Processes Power Justice Legitimacy Group Structures Group Size Dyads and Triads Types of Groups Relationships between Groups 3. Studying People Basic Concepts and Issues Theories and Hypotheses Independent and Dependent Variables Sampling Issues Ethical Issues in Studying People Section Summary Different Ways to Study People Qualitative Methods Field Research In-Depth Interviews Other Qualitative Methods Quantitative Methods Survey Research Experiments Mixed-Method Approaches Section Summary Steps in Developing Research Projects Step 1: Assess Theory and Literature Step 2: Develop Hypotheses Step 3: Choose Research Methods Step 4: Conduct Data Analysis Step 5: Report Results Part II. The Individual in Society 4. The Social Psychology of Stratification SI: Constructing Inequalities Basic Stratification Processes Doing Gender Race and Poverty Section Summary SSP: Structures of Inequality The Wisconsin Model and Education Networks and Social Capital The Strength of Weak Ties Gender, Race, and Stratification Processes Education, Occupations, and Aspirations Section Summary GP: Stratification Processes in Groups Status and Power in Social Exchange Processes Status in Groups Status Characteristics Theory How to Get Status in Groups Power in Networks The Differences between Power and Status 5. Self and Identity SI: The Self as a Process The I and the Me Identity Theory Identity, Emotions, and Behavior Dramaturgical Sociology and the Presentation of Self Impression Management The Situated or Postmodern Self Section Summary SSP: The Self and Social Structure Evaluative Dimensions of the Self-Concept Self-Esteem Mastery Mattering Measuring the Self-Concept The Twenty-Statements Test The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Social Class, Race and the Self-Concept Class and Self-Esteem Identity and Ethnicity Section Summary Identity and Group Processes Social Identity Theory 6. Socialization over the Life Course SI: Developing the Self Stages of Development The Role of the Other The Sociology of Childhood Children's Culture Learning Racism Section Summary SSP: Structural and Time Dimensions of Socialization The Life Course Historical Times Social Timing Linked Lives Human Agency Agents of Socialization Family Family Structure and Children Class, Race, and Gender in Families Adults in Families School Contexts Classroom Structure and Socialization Processes Class, Race, and the Pygmalion Effect Childcare and Aftercare Peer Culture Peer-Group Structures Peer-Group Socialization Processes Other Socializing Agents: The Role of Media Section Summary GP: Group Processes and Socialization Finding Socialization in Group Processes Assessing the Effects of Socialization Part III. Areas of Social Life 7. The Social Psychology of Deviance SI: Interactionist Approaches to Deviance Ethnomethodology and Deviance Labeling Theory of Deviance Types of Deviance Moral Careers and Deviant Subcultures Stigma, Passing, and Covering Section Summary SSP: Social Structure and Deviant Behavior Anomie and Social Strain Social Control Theory Section Summary GP: Group Relationships and Deviance The Principles of Differential Association Theory Differential Association, Gender, and the Culture of Honor White-Collar Crime Studying Deviance in a Lab 8. Mental Health and Illness SI: The Social Construction of Mental Health Defining Mental Illness Madness and Civilization The Medicalization of Deviance and Social Problems Labeling Theory and Social Control of Deviance Section Summary SSP: Social Causes of Stress Stressors and Outcomes Mediating and Moderating Conditions Personal and Social Resources Gender and Social Support Background Characteristics: The Epidemiology of Mental Health Class, Race, and Mental Health Gender, Family, and Well-Being Community and Neighborhood Contexts Section Summary GP: Mental Health as a Status Characteristic Mental Health and Selfhood Stigma and Mental Illness The Career of the Mental Patient 9. Attitudes, Values, and Behaviors SI: The Construction of Attitudes Dimensions of Attitudes Studying Behavior: How People Use their Time Linking Attitudes and Behavior Prejudicial Attitudes and Behavior Blumer's Theory of Group Position The Study of Social Distance LaPiere's Study of Prejudice Section Summary SSP: Social Structure, Attitudes, and Behavior Attitudes and Agents of Socialization Gender, Attitudes, and Behavior Race and Attitudes Intersecting Groups and Attitudes Attitudes across the Life Course Attitude Stability and Change Cohort-Differences over Time Section Summary GP: Group Processes and Attitudes Status Construction Theory Social Identity Theory and Attitudes 10. The Sociology of Sentiment and Emotion SI: Constructing and Using Sentiment and Emotions The Dimensions and Components of Emotions Socialization of Emotions Identity, Interactions, and Emotions Affect Control Theory Dramaturgy and Emotion Society and Emotions Shame and Society Interaction Ritual Chains Section Summary SSP: Structural Conditions Affecting Emotions Power, Status and Emotions Feeling Rules and Norms Emotion Work The Socioemotional Economy Emotion Culture Section Summary GP: Group Processes and Emotions Feelings and Social Exchange Justice and Emotion Status and Emotion Power and Emotion 11. Collective Behavior SI: Constructing Collective Behavior Mass Hysteria Theory Herbert Blumer and Circular Reaction Collective Identity Applications and Critiques of Mass Hysteria Theory Rational Choice in Collective Behavior: Emergent Norm Theory Value-Added Theory Types of Collective Behavior Determinants of Collective Behavior Perception Control Theory Section Summary SSP: The Structure of Crowds and Social Movements Social Structure and Social Movements Behavior during Collective Events Phases of Collective Behavior Size and Media Coverage of Protests Section Summary GP: Group Processes and Collective Behavior Section Summary Bringing it All Together Discussion Questions Key Terms and Concepts Summary References Index

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Details

• NCID: BB18188583
• ISBN:
  • 9780205440047
• LCCN: 2006034441
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boston ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xxi, 330 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HM1033
  • DC22 : 302
  • DC : 301.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Social psychology