Brief Contents : List of Contributors XV // Preface to First Edition xvi // Preface to Second Edition xviii // Acknowledgements xx // Part I Introduction 1 // 1 Introduction to History of Social Psychology 3 - CARL F. GRAUMANN // 2 Evolutionary Social Psychology 24 - JOHN ARCHER // 3 Developmental Social Psychology 46 - KEVIN DURKIN // 4 Methodology in Social Psychology: Putting Ideas to the Test 74 - ANTONY S. R. MANSTEAD and GÜN R. SEMIN // Part II Construction of the Social World 107 // 5 Basic Concepts and Approaches in Social Cognition 109 - JACQUES-PHILIPPE LEYENS and BENOIT DARDENNE // 6 Processing Social Information for Judgements and Decisions 135 - KLAUS FIEDLER // 7 Attribution Theory and Research: Basic Issues and Applications 167 - MILES HEWSTONE and FRANK FINCHAM // 8 Attitudes: Structure, Measurement and Functions 205 - DAGMAR STAHLBERG and DIETER FREY // 9 Principles of Attitude Formation and Strategies of Change 240 - WOLFGANG STROEBE and KLAUS JONAS // Part III Emotion, Communication and Relationships 277 // 10 Emotion 279 - KLAUS R. SCHERER // 11 Communication in Interpersonal and Social Relationships 316 - JOHN M. WIEMANN and HOWARD GILES // 12 Affiliation, Attraction and Close Relationships 345 - BRAM R BUUNK // 13 Prosocial Behaviour 375 - HANS W BIERHOFF // 14 Aggressive Behaviour 403 - AMÉLIE MUMMENDEY // Part IV Social Groups 437 // 15 Group Performance 439 - HENK WILKE and AD VAN KNIPPENBERG // 16 Social Influence in Small Groups 487 - EDDY VAN AVERMAET // 17 Intergroup Relations 530 - RUPERT BROWN // Part V Epilogue 563 // 18 Applied Social Psychology 565 - GEOFFREY M. STEPHENSON // Glossary 606 // References 621 // Subject Index 683 // Author Index 689