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APPENDIX C

Table 3. Categorizing Introductory Psychology Texts Portrayals

of Social Psychology

Introductory

text

author(s)

Title of social

psychology

chapter

Definition of social psychology

in the chapter

Chapter’s

emphasis (1-5):

Individualistic

or

Collectivistic?

Chapter’s

orientation:

PSP, SSP, or

Combination?

Baird, A.

(2010)

“Social

psychology:

Do we think

and act

differently

when we’re

around other

people?”

Baird (2010, p. 200): “Social

Psychologists study how the

thoughts, emotions and behavior of

individuals influence and are

influenced by interactions between

people” (emphasis added).

5 = mostly

collectivistic

SSP

Bernstein,

D. (2016)

“Social

psychology”

Bernstein (2016, p. 577): “the

scientific investigation of how

people’s thoughts and feelings

influence their behavior towards

others and how the behavior of

others influences people’s own

thoughts, feelings, and behavior”

(emphasis added).

3 = combines

individualistic

and

collectivistic

Combination

Ciccarelli,

S., & White,

J. N. (2015)

“Social

psychology”

Ciccarelli & White (2015, p. 428):

“The field of social psychology also

looks at behavior and mental

processes but includes the social

world as well in which we exist, as

we are surrounded by others to

whom we are connected and by

whom we are influenced in so many

ways” (emphasis added).

3 = combines

individualistic

and

collectivistic

Combination

Comer, R.,

& Gould, E.

(2013)

“Social

psychology”

Comer & Gould (2013, p. 524): “an

area of psychology that seeks to

understand, explain, and predict

how people’s thoughts, feelings and

behaviors are influenced by the

actual, imagined, or implied

presence of others” (emphasis

added).

1 = mostly

individualistic

PSP