This textbook is simultaneously an expression of love and rebellion. The love is our feeling toward our field. We followed different paths into social psychology, but over the years we have developed an affectionate appreciation for it. We agreed to write this textbook partly because we thought we could contribute to the field by covering what we love about it. The process of writing has strengthened those positive feelings, by helping us see the remarkably diverse and creative work that our fellow psychologists have produced over the past few decades.