Ch 1 Nonverbal Communication
	Introduction
	
	Nonverbal and verbal channels
		Nonverbal and verbal channels
		The role of gesture
		Emblems
		Illustrators
	
	Facial expressions
		The role of facial expressions in communicating emotion (A)
		The role of fac.. (B)
		Theories of facial expresion
	
	Cross-cultural differences
		Cross-cultural differences in nonverbal behavior
		Eye contact, posture and vocal features

	Deception and nonverbal behaviors
		Nonverbal cues and lying
		How do liars behave?
		Accuracy in detecting deception
		Interview with Bill von Hippel on deception

Ch 2 The Self
	Introduction to the self

	Our unique self
		The Self - where does it come from?
		The remarkable human self

	Self knowledge and self deception
		Self-knowledge
		Positive illusions
		Sustaining positive illusions: Self-serving bias
		Selective criticism and memory bias
		Other Self-Deception Strategies
		Interview with Bill von Hippel on deception

	Self-esteem
		Self-esteem
		What good is high self-esteem?
		Benefits of self-esteem: initiative
		Benefits of self-esteem: happiness
		Why do people care about self-esteem
		Theories about low self esteem
	
	Self-control
		Value of self control
		Components of self control
		Self regulation of eating (A)
		Self reg... (B)

Ch 3 Social cognition
	Introduction

	Impression formation
		Models of impression formation
		Asch's model of impression formation
		What are schemas?

	Social judgment
		What are social judgements and heuristics?
		Availability heuristic activity explained
		Representative heuristic
		Representative heuristic activity explained
		Interview with Jason Tangen on heuristics and everyday life
	
	Attribution theory
		Introduction to attribution theory
		Why is Stanley rude to Sigmund
		Errors in attribution
		Motivation and attributional biases
	
Ch 4 Attitudes
	Introduction

	Attitude-behavior relations
		Attitude-behavior relations (A)
		Att... (B)
		Interview with Barbara Masser on attitudes

	Attitude change
		Changing attitudes
		Communicator factors: Credibility (A)
		Comm... (B)
		Communicator factors: Attractiveness
		Message factors: Using fear (A)
		Message fa... (B)

	The persuasion process
		Process of persuasion
		Cognitive dissonance
		Testing cognitive consistency (A)
		Testing... (B)
		The grasshopper experiment
		Dissonance theory for creating change

Ch 5 Persuasion
	Introduction
		Persuasion
		The art of persuasion

	Reciprocation
		Reciprocation
		It's not about liking
		Reciprocal concessions & door in the face
		Reciprocation: Watergate and contrast effects

	Consistency
		Consistency
		Putting "foot in the door" to the test
		Commitment and Consistency
		Experimental evidence for low balling
		Brainwashing
		Other forms of Consistency

	Social validation, liking, scarcity
		Social validation
		Conformity
		Interview with Jolanda Jetten on conformity
		The power of friendship and liking
		Scarcity
		Conformity (A)
		Conformity (B)

	Authority	
		Authority
		Milgram's study (A)
		Milgram's study (B)
		Milgram's study (C)
		Interview with Alex Haslam on the Milgram study

Ch 6 Prejudice and stereotyping
	Introduction
		Introduction to prejudice and stereotyping
		The three components of prejudice (a)
		The three components of prejudice (b)
		Stereotypes about men and women

	Why do stereotypes survive?
		Kernel of truth
		Behavioral interpretation and sub-typing
		Disconfirming evidence and legitimizing the status quo
		The media
		Interview with Barbara Masser on sexism

	Racism
		Racial stereotyping
		Aversive racism
		Stereotyping and race
		Interview with Jolanda Jetten on prejudice

	Consequences of discrimination
		Fear of reporting discrimination
		Stereotype threat
		Interview with Courtney von Hippel
		Self-fulfilling prophecies

Ch 7 Aggression and prosocial behavior
	Individual aggression
		Introduction to aggression and prosocial behavior
		Alcohol myopia and aggression
		Observational learning
		Does correlation mean causation
		Does exposure to violence elicit violent behaviors
		What about exposure to pornography
		The Werther effect
		The copycat effect
		Social cognitive explanations for aggression
	Group aggression
		Crowd violence
		Deindividuation and crowd violence
		The Stanford prision experiment (A)
		The Stanford prision experiment (B)
		Interview with Alex Haslam on Zimbardo's prison study
		Ostracism and rejection (a)
		Ostracism and rejection (b)
		Ostracism and aggression
		Interview with Bill von Hippel on ostracism
	Prosocial behavior
		Altruism
		Factors affecting altruism
