Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives

Each chapter concludes with a Summary Section that includes "Bringing It All Together," Discussion Questions, Key Terms and Concepts, and A Summary of Key Points.

 

Part I. Perspectives and Methods

 

1. Introduction to Sociological Social Psychology

Sociology, Psychology, and Social Psychology

Macrosociology and Microsociology

Sociological and Psychological Social Psychology

Historical Context of Sociological Social Psychology

Section Summary

Perspectives in Sociological Social Psychology

Symbolic Interactionism

Social Structure and Personality

Group Processes

Section Summary

Your Social Psychological Tool Kit

The Sociological Imagination

Your Tool Kit

Social Norms and Values

Roles and Statuses

Patterns of Behavior and Relationships

Culture

 

2. Perspectives in Sociological Social Psychology

The Symbolic Interaction Perspective

Society and Agency

Basic Principles of Symbolic Interactionism

Symbols, Language, and the Development of Meaning

The Use of Meaning Once Derived

Subjective Experience

Two Schools of Symbolic Interactionism

The Chicago School

The Indiana and Iowa Schools

The Social Structure and Personality Perspective

The Components Principle

Status

Roles

Social Networks

The Proximity Principle

The Psychology Principle

Section Summary

The Group Processes Perspective

Studying Processes

Power

Justice

Legitimacy

Group Structures

            Group Size

            Dyads and Triads

            Types of Groups

Relationships between Groups

 

3. Studying People

Basic Concepts and Issues

Theories and Hypotheses

Independent and Dependent Variables

Sampling Issues

Ethical Issues in Studying People

Section Summary

Different Ways to Study People

Qualitative Methods

Field Research

In-Depth Interviews

Other Qualitative Methods

                        Quantitative Methods

Survey Research

Experiments

Mixed-Method Approaches

Section Summary

Steps in Developing Research Projects

Step 1: Assess Theory and Literature

Step 2: Develop Hypotheses

Step 3: Choose Research Methods

Step 4: Conduct Data Analysis

Step 5: Report Results

 

Part II. The Individual in Society

 

4. The Social Psychology of Stratification

SI: Constructing Inequalities

Basic Stratification Processes

Doing Gender

Race and Poverty

Section Summary

SSP: Structures of Inequality

                        The Wisconsin Model and Education

                        Networks and Social Capital

The Strength of Weak Ties

Gender, Race, and Stratification Processes

Education, Occupations, and Aspirations

Section Summary

GP: Stratification Processes in Groups

Status and Power in Social Exchange Processes

Status in Groups

Status Characteristics Theory

How to Get Status in Groups

Power in Networks

            The Differences between Power and Status

 

5. Self and Identity

SI: The Self as a Process

The I and the Me

Identity Theory

Identity, Emotions, and Behavior

Dramaturgical Sociology and the Presentation of Self

Impression Management

The Situated or Postmodern Self

Section Summary

SSP: The Self and Social Structure

Evaluative Dimensions of the Self-Concept

Self-Esteem

Mastery

Mattering

Measuring the Self-Concept

The Twenty-Statements Test  

                                    The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale

Social Class, Race and the Self-Concept

Class and Self-Esteem

                                    Identity and Ethnicity

Section Summary

Identity and Group Processes

Social Identity Theory

 

6. Socialization over the Life Course

SI:  Developing the Self

Stages of Development

The Role of the Other

The Sociology of Childhood

Children’s Culture

Learning Racism

Section Summary

SSP: Structural and Time Dimensions of Socialization

The Life Course

Historical Times

Social Timing

Linked Lives

Human Agency

Agents of Socialization

Family

Family Structure and Children

Class, Race, and Gender in Families

Adults in Families

School Contexts

Classroom Structure and Socialization Processes

Class, Race, and the Pygmalion Effect

Childcare and Aftercare

Peer Culture

Peer-Group Structures

Peer-Group Socialization Processes

Other Socializing Agents: The Role of Media

Section Summary

GP: Group Processes and Socialization

Finding Socialization in Group Processes

Assessing the Effects of Socialization

 

Part III.  Areas of Social Life

 

7. The Social Psychology of Deviance

SI: Interactionist Approaches to Deviance

Ethnomethodology and Deviance

            Labeling Theory of Deviance

Types of Deviance

                                    Moral Careers and Deviant Subcultures

Stigma, Passing, and Covering

Section Summary

SSP: Social Structure and Deviant Behavior

Anomie and Social Strain

Social Control Theory

Section Summary

GP: Group Relationships and Deviance

The Principles of Differential Association Theory

Differential Association, Gender, and the Culture of Honor

White-Collar Crime

Studying Deviance in a Lab

 

8. Mental Health and Illness

SI: The Social Construction of Mental Health

Defining Mental Illness

Madness and Civilization

The Medicalization of Deviance and Social Problems

Labeling Theory and Social Control of Deviance

Section Summary

SSP: Social Causes of Stress

                        Stressors and Outcomes

                        Mediating and Moderating Conditions

Personal and Social Resources

Gender and Social Support

                        Background Characteristics: The Epidemiology of Mental Health

Class, Race, and Mental Health

Gender, Family, and Well-Being

Community and Neighborhood Contexts

Section Summary

GP: Mental Health as a Status Characteristic

Mental Health and Selfhood

Stigma and Mental Illness

The Career of the Mental Patient

 

9. Attitudes, Values, and Behaviors

SI: The Construction of Attitudes

Dimensions of Attitudes

            Studying Behavior: How People Use their Time

Linking Attitudes and Behavior

Prejudicial Attitudes and Behavior

Blumer’s Theory of Group Position

The Study of Social Distance

LaPiere’s Study of Prejudice

Section Summary

SSP: Social Structure, Attitudes, and Behavior

Attitudes and Agents of Socialization

Gender, Attitudes, and Behavior

Race and Attitudes

Intersecting Groups and Attitudes

Attitudes across the Life Course

Attitude Stability and Change

Cohort-Differences over Time

                        Section Summary

            GP: Group Processes and Attitudes

Status Construction Theory

Social Identity Theory and Attitudes

 

10. The Sociology of Sentiment and Emotion

SI: Constructing and Using Sentiment and Emotions

                        The Dimensions and Components of Emotions

            Socialization of Emotions

Identity, Interactions, and Emotions

Affect Control Theory

Dramaturgy and Emotion

Society and Emotions

Shame and Society

Interaction Ritual Chains

            Section Summary

SSP: Structural Conditions Affecting Emotions

Power, Status and Emotions

Feeling Rules and Norms

Emotion Work

The Socioemotional Economy

Emotion Culture

Section Summary

GP: Group Processes and Emotions

Feelings and Social Exchange

Justice and Emotion

Status and Emotion

Power and Emotion

 

11. Collective Behavior

SI: Constructing Collective Behavior

Mass Hysteria Theory

Herbert Blumer and Circular Reaction

Collective Identity

Applications and Critiques of Mass Hysteria Theory

Rational Choice in Collective Behavior: Emergent Norm Theory

Value-Added Theory

            Types of Collective Behavior

Determinants of Collective Behavior     

Perception Control Theory

Section Summary

SSP: The Structure of Crowds and Social Movements

Social Structure and Social Movements

Behavior during Collective Events

Phases of Collective Behavior

Size and Media Coverage of Protests

Section Summary

GP: Group Processes and Collective Behavior

Section Summary

Bringing it All Together

Discussion Questions

Key Terms and Concepts

Summary

 

References

Index