1. Introduction: Situations, Motives, Adaptation, and Culture

2. Scientific Methods for Studying People in Interaction

Within the Individual

3. Ordinary Personology: Figuring Out Why People Do What They Do

4. Social Cognition: Making Sense of Others

5. The Self: Social to the Core

6. Attitudes and Persuasion: Changing Minds

Between People: Dyads

7. Attraction: Initiating Romance, Friendship, and Other Relationships

8. Close Relationships: Passion, Interdependence, Commitment, and Intimacy

9. Helping: Prosocial Behavior

10. Aggression: Antisocial Behavior

Groups

11. Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination: Social Biases

12. Small Groups: Ongoing Interactions

13. Conformity and Obedience: Doing What Others Do and Say

Conclusion: Social Beings

14. Conclusion