Social Psychology for Dummies covers the full range of topics and phenomena that you would discuss in a typical university psychology course. However, it has been written with as little of the jargon and off putting technical terms as possible. There are no pre-requisites for this book. You will be able to understand it with no exposure to psychology or scientific study before. A healthy
curiosity about people is all that you need bring, and the book will provide you with an overview of one of the most exciting and dynamic areas of social science.
Social psychology is about the huge scope of human behaviour, but it is also about your behaviour. Wherever possible in this book, I’ve given you little exercises to try that are modelled on real psychology experiments. If you try them yourself you will be able to experience the social phenomena that you are learning about.
And one more thing: the Internet has forever changed the world of science and education. There are remarkable resources on-line for learning about social psychology, such as lecture courses, experiments you can participatein, and high quality blogs written by the scientists themselves as they carry out their research. But as with every aspect of the internet, the trick is knowing where the good stuff is and avoiding the rest. We provide you with an in depth list of the best resources to explore online.