Dr Jane Callaghan is a senior lecturer in critical developmental psychology, qualitative research, and the study of mental health. A South African trained psychologist, she has published in the areas of domestic violence, political identities, professionalization, race, class and gender. Dr Lisa Lazard is a senior lecturer in critical social psychology at the University of Northampton. She has written extensively in the area of sexual violence and harassment and is an expert in qualitative research methodologies (particularly IPA, Q methodology and discursive approaches).

Accessible text and not an unwieldy monolith like some of the other social psychology texts! Nice accessible small book!Good range of questions and topic areas.

• IntroductionAttitudesAttributionsStereotypes, Prejudice and RacismSocial Influence: PersuasionSocial Influence: Conformity, Compliance and Group ProcessesPro-Social BehaviourGender and Social PsychologyClose RelationshipsMethodologiesKeeping the Social in Social Psychology: The Importance of Context