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1、TheScopeofSocialPsychologySocialpsychologyattemptstounderstand,explain,predict,and,whenneeded,changepeople’sthoughts,feelings,andbehaviours.Itisanawe-inspiringtask;yetforarelativelyyoungdisciplineithasmadegreatstrides.AlthoughmanyofthemajorpioneerssuchasLewin,Asch,Kelley,andFes
2、tingerworkedintheperiodaroundthe1940sand1950s,socialpsychologymaturedonlyattheendofthe1960s.Sincethenithasblossomed,bothininvestigatingthebasicsofthedisciplineandinapplyingtheinsightsfromfundamentalsocialpsychologytodifferentfieldsrelatedtothearea.Thisvolumeisdevotedtothedevelopm
3、entofunderstandinginthefieldofsocialpsychologyoverthelastfourdecades,focusingonbothbasicandappliedsocialpsychology.Contributionsaregatheredunderfivemainareas:attitudesandattitudechange;socialcognitionandemotion;interpersonalandgroupprocesses;healthbehaviour;andbereavementandcopin
4、g.Thesefivedomainsnotonlyillustratethescopeofsocialpsychology,butalsopaytributetooneofthekeyfiguresinmodernsocialpsychology,WolfgangStroebe.Hehas,remarkably,madesignificantcontributionsacrossallfiveoftheseareas,andhisresearchachievementsexemplifytheprogress,prospects,andproblemsfac
5、edbymod-ernsocialpsychologyoverthelast40years.Thisvolumeincludescontributionsfromsomeofthemostdistinguishednamesinthefield,andallauthorsprovideanovervieworcriticallookattheirspecificareaofexpertise,tracinghistoricaldevelopmentswhereappropriate.TheScopeofSocialPsychologyprovidesab
6、road-ranging,illustrativereviewofthefieldofmodernsocialpsychology.MilesHewstoneisProfessorofSocialPsychologyandFellowofNewCollege,UniversityofOxford.Hehaspublishedwidelyonthetopicsofattributiontheory,socialcognition,stereotyping,andintergrouprelations.Heisco-foundingeditoroftheE
7、uropeanReviewofSocialPsychology,andaformereditoroftheBritishJournalofSocialPsychology.HenkA.W.SchutisAssistantProfessorintheDepartmentofClinicalPsychologyatUtrechtUniversity,wherehealsoearnedhisPhD.Hisresearchinterestscovertheprocessesofcopingwithloss,(theefficacyof)grieftherapy,
8、andthecounsellingofbereavedpersons.Hehasco-authoredsev
