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Reviews the book, The scope of social psychology: Theory and applications by Miles Hewstone, Henk A. W. Schut, John B. F. De Wit, Kees van den Bos, and Margaret S. Stroebe (see record 2007-01854-000). This volume is a Festschrift in honor of Wolfgang Stroebe's retirement. Consequently, his manifold contributions are acknowledged in every chapter of this book, from the first chapter by the editors of this volume that defines the wide scope of social psychology to the last chapter that contains a variety of impressions about Stroebe's multifarious contributions. The volume is divided into six parts. Part 1 contains four chapters on attitudes and attitude change; Part 2 comprises three chapters on social cognition and emotion; Part 3 includes three chapters on interpersonal and group processes. Part 4 contains three chapters on health behavior and health behavior change; Part 5 consists of three chapters on bereavement and coping; and Part 6 contains two chapters on psychology in context, one on the Interdisciplinary Social Science Working Group and a second on impressions of Wolfgang Stroebe by various colleagues who have worked with him over the span of his career. Each chapter is a review of the literature on a particular topic within the range of the titles given for each part. Consequently, all of these chapters could serve as the basis for whatever social psychology topic one wants to use in teaching and research. No original research data are given, but research evidence from primary sources is reviewed to support whatever thesis or topic is being considered. Most chapters are written in a tight-reasoned style that may range from the interesting to exciting, depending on the peculiar interests of the reader. The level of writing in each area of interest is for specialists and not for generalists. Only social psychologists interested in the particular area being reviewed would profit by reading it, as detailed below. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)