Social Psychology

S Alexander Haslam (Alex Haslam) is Professor of Psychology and Australian Laureate Fellow at the University of Queensland. Together with colleagues, he has written and edited 15 books and over 300 research articles and chapters. His most recent books are The New Psychology of Leadership: Identity, Influence and Power (with Steve Reicher and Michael Platow, 2nd ed. 2020) and Social Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies (edited with Joanne Smith, 2nd ed. 2017). He is former Chief Editor of the European Journal of Social Psychology and former President of the Psychology Section of the British Science Association. He is a recipient of the European Association of Social Psychology's Kurt Lewin Medal for research excellence, and the International Society of Political Psychology's Nevitt Sanford Award for contributions to political psychology. He has also received awards for distinguished contributions to psychological science from both the British Psychology Society and the Australian Psychology Society. In 2022 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia "for significant service to higher education, particularly psychology, through research and mentoring".

Revisiting the Classic Studies is a series of texts that introduces readers to the studies in psychology that changed the way we think about core topics in the discipline today.  It provokes students to ask more interesting and challenging questions about the field by encouraging a deeper level of engagement both with the details of the studies themselves and with the nature of their contribution. Edited by leading scholars in their field and written by researchers at the cutting edge of these developments, the chapters in each text provide details of the original works and their theoretical and empirical impact, and then discuss the ways in which thinking and research has advanced in the years since the studies were conducted. 

Social Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies traces 15 ground-breaking studies by researchers such as Asch, Festinger, Milgram, Sherif, Tajfel and Zimbardo to re-examine and reflect on their findings and engage in a lively discussion of the subsequent work that they have inspired.    

Suitable for students on social psychology courses at all levels, as well as anyone with an enquiring mind.

This student-friendly guide looks at the key theories in social psychology. Each chapter contributor is an expert in the field and brings a wealth of their own research and knowledge to the discussion of the classic study . 

An Introduction to Classic Studies in Social Psychology - S. Alexander Haslam and Joanne R. Smith
Social Facilitation and Social Loafing: Revisiting Triplett's competition studies - Steven J. Karau and Kipling D. Williams
Attitudes and Behavior: Revisiting LaPiere's hospitality study - Joanne R. Smith and Deborah J. Terry
Cognitive Dissonance: Revisiting Festinger's end of the world study - Joel Cooper
Norm Formation: Revisiting Sherif's autokinetic illusion study - Dominic Abrams and John M. Levine
Conformity: Revisiting Asch's line-judgment studies - Jolanda Jetten and Matthew J. Hornsey
Minority Influence: Revisiting Moscovici's blue-green afterimage studies - Robin Martin and Miles Hewstone
Obedience: Revisiting Milgram's shock experiments - Stephen Reicher and S. Alexander Haslam
Tyranny: Revisiting Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment - S. Alexander Haslam and Stephen Reicher
Intergroup Relations and Conflict: Revisiting Sherif's Boys' Camp studies - Michael J. Platow and John A. Hunter
Discrimination: Revisiting Tajfel's minimal group studies - Russell Spears and Sabine Otten
Group Decision Making: Revisiting Janis's groupthink study - Dominic J. Packer and Nick D. Ungson
Helping in Emergencies: Revisiting Latané and Darley's bystander studies - Mark Levine
Promoting Positive Intergroup Relations: Revisiting Aronson et al's jigsaw classroom - John F. Dovidio
Stereotype Formation: Revisiting Hamilton and Gifford's illusory correlation studies - Craig McGarty
Stereotypes and Performance: Revisiting Steele and Aronson's stereotype threat studies - Craig McGarty