Author Description

"Social Psychology, second Canadian Edition has been updated to reflect the Canadian social psychology landscape. These updates include. Expanded coverage of intergroup relations. Chapter 9, Intergroup Relations, is unique to the Canadian edition. It covers an area whose significance is increasingly recognized in North America and much of the content. The chapter reflects research conducted in North America, East Asia, several European countries, and Australia. The chapter was added to the Canadian edition and expanded for the second Canadian edition to distinguish between the processes that happen within a group from those that happen between groups. It discusses early crowd theories and recent research developments focused on social identity theory. In addition, there are sections on intergroup conflicts, strategies for resolving intergroup conflicts, and acculturation of immigrants"--