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A prominent series of TYPE A books--Books for Professionals--is:

Leonard Berkowitz (Editor), Advances in Experimental Social Psychol . New York: Academic Press.

A sample of topics from the Contents of the current issue (Volume 10; 1977) is:

The catharsis of aggression
Attitudinal effect of mere exposure
Moral internalization
Cognitive disequilibrium
Effects of violent movies on juvenile delinquents
Intuitive psychology and attribution theory
Normative influences on altruism
Social normative influences on helping
Is there an altruistic personality?
The ethogenic approach or the micro-analysis of social accounts
Developmental social psychology

Further samples from previous issues are:

(Vol. 1)

Cultural influences upon cognitive processes
Communication networks
Leadership effectiveness
Sociability in monkeys

(Vol. 2)

Group problem solving
Situational factors in conformity
Social power

(Vol. 3)

Mathematical models in social psychology
Experimental analysis of social performance

(Vol. 4)

The theory of cognitive dissonance
Sociolinguistics
Recognition of emotion
Exploratory investigations of empathy
Social judgment: personal reference scale

(Vol. 5)

Perceived freedom
Experimental studies of families

(Vol. 6)

Self-perception theory
Social norms, feelings, and helping behavior
The study of bargaining

(Vol. 7)

Cognitive algebra: integration theory
Physical attractiveness
Compliance, justification, and cognitive change

(Vol. 8)

Group performance effectiveness
The human subject in the psychology experiment
The reluctance to transmit bad news
Objective self-awareness
Reactance theory

(Vol. 9.)

Equity and the law
The distribution of resources in organizations
Deserving: emergence of forms of justice
Liking and assigned punishment
Formal model for dyadic social interaction

The major methodological orientation to the investigation of most of these topics is called today traditional experimental social psychology and is about fifty years old. The following list from the Contents refer to the sub-sections of chapters from the current volume (1977; Vol. 10):

• Problems in Generalizing from Laboratory Studies
• Previous Field Experimental Research
• Perseverance of Social Inferences and Social Theories
• Attributional Biases and Social Science Research
• Types of Explanation: An Overview Conclusions and Future Directions
• The Domains and Methods of Social Psychology
• Further Research Dimensions
• Objections to the Ethogenic Approach and Interface
• Measurement of Psychophysiological Arousal
• Correlational and Experimental Research
• Need for Multicausal Models
• Three Heuristics Governing the Psychology of Prediction
• A Research Example of Altruism in Everyday Life
• Pseudostructural Studies
• Parametric and Structural Sciences
• Invariance and Universality
• Ethnomethodology and Experimentation

These sub-topics illustrate the focus upon method in arriving at valid theories of social behavior. Further emphases on method is exhibited by the titles of TABLES and FIGURES (in Vol. 10; 1977):

• Mean Intensities of Shocks Given by Subjects on Code-Learning Task
• General Aggression Index
• Means of General Aggression Change Scores as a Function of Levels of Dominance and Peer-Rated Aggression
• Comparison of Predicted and Actual Disobedience Rates
• Postbriefing Perceptions of the Actor's Performance and Ability
• Hours Pledged for Bake Sale as a Function of Seriousness of Need and Awareness of Consequences