What is the book 'Social Psychology' by Kassin about?

This summary is about the 11th edition of the book 'Social Psychology' by Saul Kassin, Steven Fein and Hazel Rose Markus. Saul Kassin is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice (US). Steven Fein is a psychology professor at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Lastly, Hazel Rose Markus is a professor at the Behavioral Sciences faculty at Stanford University. The eleventh edition of this book was made more up-to-date in terms of social psychological research. Also, there were made connections between the information and current events. 

First, it is explained what the field of social psychology entail and in what way the research is conducted (chapter 1 and 2). Then in the second part of the book, the topic of social perception is outlined (chapter 3, 4 and 5). Chapters 6, 7 and 8 dive into the topic of social influence, in the form of attitudes, conformity and group processes. Then, social relations are discussed in chapter 9, 10 and 11; in which the authors discuss attraction, helping behaviors and aggression. Lastly, Social Psychology discusses the ways in which social psychology is applied in the world; namely in the law, in business and how it applies to our health and well-being (chapter 12, 13 and 14).