Table of Contents

Preface 1. Introduction: Situations, Motives, Adaptation, and Culture 2. Scientific Methods for Studying People in Interaction Within the Individual 3. Ordinary Personology: Figuring Out Why People Do What They Do 4. Social Cognition: Making Sense of Others 5. The Self: Social to the Core 6. Attitudes and Persuasion: Changing Minds Between People: Dyads 7. Attraction: Initiating Romance, Friendship, and Other Relationships 8. Close Relationships: Passion, Interdependence, Commitment, and Intimacy 9. Helping: Prosocial Behavior 10. Aggression: Antisocial Behavior Groups 11. Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination: Social Biases 12. Small Groups: Ongoing Interactions 13. Conformity and Obedience: Doing What Others Do and Say Conclusion: Social Beings 14. Conclusion