Social Psychology Resources

Prof. Allen McConnell

Below is a listing of resources that are useful "jumping off points" for learning more about particular topics in social psychology. If you have any additional suggestions, please e-mail me (mcconnar@muohio.edu). Additional information about social psychology topics is also available from the Social Psychology Network. Students with more general questions about psychology and my courses should visit my teaching webpage.

Note: This page is intended to be used primarily by students enrolled in my classes. Please understand that I may not address general questions submitted by others (e.g., junior high students who are trying to write a theme paper due tomorrow)... my advice to most of them is to find a good social psychology textbook at a library and start there!

Journals and Books in Social Psychology

Top-tier, primary journals (featuring primary research):

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Second-tier, area-specific, journals:

Social Cognition
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (groups and industrial-organizational)
Sex Roles (gender issues)
Journal of Basic and Applied Social

Top-tier, secondary journals (reviews and theoretical integration):

Psychological Review (original theoretical statements and commentary)
Psychological Bulletin (integrative literature reviews and interpretations)
Personality and Social Psychology Review
Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

General secondary books and volumes:

Aronson, E., Ellsworth, P. C., Carlsmith, J. M., & Gonzales, M. H. (1990). Methods of research in social psychology (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Gilbert, D. T., Fiske, S. T., & Lindzey, G. (Eds.). (1998). Handbook of social psychology (4th ed., Vols. 1-2). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Higgins, E. T., & Kruglanski, A. W. (Eds.). (1996). Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles. New York: Guilford.

Reis, H. T., & Judd, C. M. (Eds.). (2000). Handbook of research methods in social psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Tesser, A. (Ed.). (1995). Advanced social psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Specific topic secondary books and volumes:
Baron, R. S., Kerr, N. L., & Miller, N. (1992). Group process, group decision, group action. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Brehm, S. S. (1992). Intimate relationships (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Brown, J. D. (1998). The self. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Eagly, A. H., & Chaiken, S. (1993). The psychology of attitudes. Orlando: Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanovich.

Fiske, S. T., & Taylor, S. E. (1991). Social cognition (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Jones, E. E. (1990). Interpersonal perception. New York: Freeman.

Kunda, Z. (1999). Social cognition: Making sense of people. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Macrae, C. N., Stangor, C., & Hewstone, M. (Eds.). (1996). Stereotypes and stereotyping. New York: Guilford.

Martin, L. L., & Tesser, A. (Eds.). (1996). Striving and feeling: Interactions among goals, affect, and self-regulation. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Martin, L. L., & Tesser, A. (Eds.). (1992). The construction of social judgments. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Petty, R. E., & Cacioppo, J. T. (1981). Attitudes and persuasion: Classic and contemporary approaches. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Plous, S. (1993). The psychology of judgment and decision making. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Schwarz, N. (1996). Cognition and communication: Judgmental biases, research methods, and the logic of conversation. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Triandis, H. C. (1994). Culture and social behavior. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Wyer, R. S., & Srull, T. K. (Eds.). (1994). Handbook of social cognition (2nd ed., Vols. 1-2). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.