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This third edition of the highly successful handbook is presented for the first time in two volumes, covering the field of social psychology more comprehensively than earlier, including applying social psychology to different areas in sociology. It showcases the theories, concepts, and processes of social psychological phenomena at the micro level (Volume 1), and meso and macro levels (Volume 2) of social reality. The chapters in Volume I cover concepts and processes that have been central to social psychology at the micro level, such as identity, emotions, status, and justice. Each chapter reviews the substantive area at the micro, meso, and macro levels, followed by a short, original, empirical chapter in that area. The chapters in Volume II focus on non-social psychological areas of research, such as work, race, population, and health. The scholars elaborate on the role of social psychology in their meso- and macro-level domains. Together, the two volumes show the reader how social psychology can be leveraged at the interactive level, within groups and larger units, and across many aspects of society, thus showing the expansiveness of social psychology in understanding social behavior, social organization, and social structures.