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.

An Introduction to Classic Studies in Social Psychology - S. Alexander Haslam and Joanne R. SmithSocial Facilitation and Social Loafing: Revisiting Triplett's competition studies - Steven J. Karau and Kipling D. WilliamsAttitudes and Behavior: Revisiting LaPiere's hospitality study - Joanne R. Smith and Deborah J. TerryCognitive Dissonance: Revisiting Festinger's end of the world study - Joel CooperNorm Formation: Revisiting Sherif's autokinetic illusion study - Dominic Abrams and John M. LevineConformity: Revisiting Asch's line-judgment studies - Jolanda Jetten and Matthew J. HornseyMinority Influence: Revisiting Moscovici's blue-green afterimage studies - Robin Martin and Miles HewstoneObedience: Revisiting Milgram's shock experiments - Stephen Reicher and S. Alexander HaslamTyranny: Revisiting Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment - S. Alexander Haslam and Stephen ReicherIntergroup Relations and Conflict: Revisiting Sherif's Boys' Camp studies - Michael J. Platow and John A. HunterDiscrimination: Revisiting Tajfel's minimal group studies - Russell Spears and Sabine OttenGroup Decision Making: Revisiting Janis's groupthink study - Dominic J. Packer and Nick D. UngsonHelping in Emergencies: Revisiting Latané and Darley's bystander studies - Mark LevinePromoting Positive Intergroup Relations: Revisiting Aronson et al's jigsaw classroom - John F. DovidioStereotype Formation: Revisiting Hamilton and Gifford's illusory correlation studies - Craig McGartyStereotypes and Performance: Revisiting Steele and Aronson's stereotype threat studies - Craig McGarty