Michael Hogg is Professor of Social Psychology at Claremont Graduate University. He is also an Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Kent and the University of Queensland. His research focuses on social identity processes within and between large and small groups, and he has published widely on topics including intergroup relations, group cohesion, leadership, group motivations, and conformity processes. Professor Hogg is co-editor of the journal Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, an associate editor of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, and Senior Consulting Editor for the SAGE Social Psychology Program. He is a fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, the Western Psychological Association, and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.  Joel M. Cooper is the owner/CEO at Red Scientific, Inc. He received a PhD in cognition and neural science in 2010 from the University of Utah.

′The Sage Handbook of Social Psychology is clearly written and well laid out...Each chapter contains enough infomation to keep the most avid student interested. it is probably best suited for advanced undergraduate modules but that is not to say that a keen first-year student could not benefit from having a look at it. A postgraduate student just starting their research or Masters degreemay also find this book useful in that it may help for some interesting ideas.′ - Catherine Jansson-BoydPsychology: Learning and Teaching

• PART ONE: HISTORY AND NATURE OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGYA Century of Social Psychology - George GoethalsIndividuals, Ideas and InvestigationsQuestions and Comparisons - Phoebe C Ellsworth and Richard GonzalesMethods of Research in Social PsychologyPART TWO: INDIVIDUAL PROCESSESSocial Inference and Social Memory - Steven J Sherman et alThe Interplay between SystemsStereotyping and Impression Formation - Kimberly A Quinn et alHow Categorical Thinking Shapes Person PerceptionPortraits of the Self - Constantine Sedikides and Aiden P GreggAttitudes - Russel H Fazio and Michael A OlsonFoundations, Functions and ConsequencesAffect and Emotion - Joe P Forgas and Craig A SmithAttribution and Person Perception - Ruth Gaunt and Yaccov TropePART THREE: INTERPERSONAL PROCESSESAttitude Change - Penny S Visser and Joel Cooper Interpersonal Attraction and Intimate Relationships - Julie Fitness et alAltruism and Helping Behavior - C Daniel Batson et alHuman Aggression - Craig A Anderson and L Rowell HusemannA Social-Cognitive ViewPART FOUR: PROCESSES WITHIN GROUPSSocial Performance - Kipling D Williams et alSocial-Influence Processes of Control and Change - Robin Martin and Miles HewstoneConformity, Obedience to Authority, and InnovationPART FIVE: INTERGROUP PROCESSES AND SOCIETYIntergroup Behaviour and Social Identity - Michael A Hogg and Dominic AbramsThe Social Psychology of Cultural Diversity - Stephen C Wright and Donald M TaylorSocial Stereotyping, Prejudice and Discrimination

Michael Hogg is Professor of Social Psychology at Claremont Graduate University. He is also an Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Kent and the University of Queensland. His research focuses on social identity processes within and between large and small groups, and he has published widely on topics including intergroup relations, group cohesion, leadership, group motivations, and conformity processes. Professor Hogg is co-editor of the journal Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, an associate editor of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, and Senior Consulting Editor for the SAGE Social Psychology Program. He is a fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, the Western Psychological Association, and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.  Joel M. Cooper is the owner/CEO at Red Scientific, Inc. He received a PhD in cognition and neural science in 2010 from the University of Utah.

′The Sage Handbook of Social Psychology is clearly written and well laid out...Each chapter contains enough infomation to keep the most avid student interested. it is probably best suited for advanced undergraduate modules but that is not to say that a keen first-year student could not benefit from having a look at it. A postgraduate student just starting their research or Masters degreemay also find this book useful in that it may help for some interesting ideas.′ - Catherine Jansson-BoydPsychology: Learning and Teaching

• PART ONE: HISTORY AND NATURE OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGYA Century of Social Psychology - George GoethalsIndividuals, Ideas and InvestigationsQuestions and Comparisons - Phoebe C Ellsworth and Richard GonzalesMethods of Research in Social PsychologyPART TWO: INDIVIDUAL PROCESSESSocial Inference and Social Memory - Steven J Sherman et alThe Interplay between SystemsStereotyping and Impression Formation - Kimberly A Quinn et alHow Categorical Thinking Shapes Person PerceptionPortraits of the Self - Constantine Sedikides and Aiden P GreggAttitudes - Russel H Fazio and Michael A OlsonFoundations, Functions and ConsequencesAffect and Emotion - Joe P Forgas and Craig A SmithAttribution and Person Perception - Ruth Gaunt and Yaccov TropePART THREE: INTERPERSONAL PROCESSESAttitude Change - Penny S Visser and Joel Cooper Interpersonal Attraction and Intimate Relationships - Julie Fitness et alAltruism and Helping Behavior - C Daniel Batson et alHuman Aggression - Craig A Anderson and L Rowell HusemannA Social-Cognitive ViewPART FOUR: PROCESSES WITHIN GROUPSSocial Performance - Kipling D Williams et alSocial-Influence Processes of Control and Change - Robin Martin and Miles HewstoneConformity, Obedience to Authority, and InnovationPART FIVE: INTERGROUP PROCESSES AND SOCIETYIntergroup Behaviour and Social Identity - Michael A Hogg and Dominic AbramsThe Social Psychology of Cultural Diversity - Stephen C Wright and Donald M TaylorSocial Stereotyping, Prejudice and Discrimination