Social Psychology: Individuals, Interaction, and Inequality invites you to take a sociological approach to the study of the individual in relationship to society. This unique new text by Karen A. Hegtvedt and Cathryn Johnson explains how social psychology provides varied, yet interrelated, explanations for individuals’ experiences in groups and how micro-level interactions have consequences for macro-level phenomena within society.

Unlike other social psychology texts, this book stresses the interconnections among processes that shape interaction given differences in status, power, or group memberships. The authors describe an array of processes that create a story about how individuals perceive and then act in their social worlds. In addition to introducing central theoretical approaches and important empirical studies, they provide many examples that help students locate the substance of social psychology in their own experiences and social interactions.

Readers will gain an understanding of how identities and perceptions shape what they do, how structures may constrain or facilitate behaviors, and how these dynamics contribute to reinforcing or ameliorating inequalities in social groups. The book covers 376 pages and was published by SAGE Publications, Inc on August 18, 2017.