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Preface --- About the author --- Guided tour --- 1. Introducing social psychology --- 2. Social cognition and social thinking --- 3. Attribution and social explanation --- 4. Self and identity --- 5. Attitudes --- 6. Persuasion and attitude change --- 7. Social influence --- 8. People in groups --- 9. Leadership and decision making --- 10. Prejudice and discrimination --- 11. Intergroup behaviour --- 12. Aggression --- 13. Prosocial behaviour --- 14. Attraction and close relationships --- 15. Language and communication --- 16. Culture --- References --- Author index --- Subject index..