Synopses & Reviews
This innovative text highlights the connections between theoretical orientation, research question/topic, and methodology. Three theoretical faces of sociological social psychology (Symbolic Interactionism, Social Structure and Personality, and Group Structure and Processes) are covered including their contrast to psychological social psychology. A wide spectrum of applications chapters makes the text interesting and practical for students. A rich and innovative web site offers a range of exercises and activities from which instructors can select a all tied to films, video clips, research articles, and contemporary readings from everyday life.