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Part 1. Ethical issues in social psychology: Is deception of human participants ethical?
Should social psychologists try to solve social problems?
Part 2. Social cognition: Are our social perceptions often inaccurate?
Does cognitive dissonance explain why behavior can change attitudes?
Applying social psychology: are self-esteem programs misguided?
Do positive illusions lead to healthy behavior?
Can people accurately detect lies?
Are repressed memories real?
Part 3. Social influence: Can social psychological research help explain the Abu Ghraib prison scandal?
Do Milgram's obedience experiments help explain the nature of the Holocaust?
Does the Stanford Prison Experiement help explain the effects of imprisonment?
Is subliminal persuasion a myth?
Can people really be brainwashed?
Part 4. Social relations: Is stereotyping inevitable?
Does the Implicit Association Test (IAT) measure racial prejudice?
Can sterotypes lead to accurate perceptions of others?
Does true alturism exist?
Does media violence cause aggression?
Should social psychologists try to solve social problems?
Part 2. Social cognition: Are our social perceptions often inaccurate?
Does cognitive dissonance explain why behavior can change attitudes?
Applying social psychology: are self-esteem programs misguided?
Do positive illusions lead to healthy behavior?
Can people accurately detect lies?
Are repressed memories real?
Part 3. Social influence: Can social psychological research help explain the Abu Ghraib prison scandal?
Do Milgram's obedience experiments help explain the nature of the Holocaust?
Does the Stanford Prison Experiement help explain the effects of imprisonment?
Is subliminal persuasion a myth?
Can people really be brainwashed?
Part 4. Social relations: Is stereotyping inevitable?
Does the Implicit Association Test (IAT) measure racial prejudice?
Can sterotypes lead to accurate perceptions of others?
Does true alturism exist?
Does media violence cause aggression?