Exploring Social Psychology

6 Rev ed
ISBN: 978-0-07-131612-5
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 666 g

Based on the bestselling text, Social Psychology, 10th Edition, Exploring Social Psychology, 6th Edition succinctly explores social psychological science and its applications to contemporary issues and everyday life. Thirty-one short modules—each readable in a single sitting—introduce students to important social phenomena and to how scientists discover and explain such phenomena.

Throughout, students are challenged to think critically about such issues as:

• How does our thinking – both conscious and unconscious – drive our behavior?
• What leads people sometimes to hurt and sometimes to help one another?
• What kindles social conflict, and how can we transform closed fists into helping hands?
Answering these and other questions, Exploring Social Psychology, 6th Edition expands our self-understanding and sensitizes us to the social forces that pull our strings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Myers, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Myers Exploring Social Psychology 5th EditionForewordPrefacePART ONE Introducing Social PsychologyMODULE 1 Doing Social PsychologyMODULE 2 Did You Know It All Along?MODULE 3 Self-Concept: Who Am I?PART TWO Social ThinkingMODULE 4 Self-Serving BiasMODULE 5 The Power of Positive Thinking MODULE 6 The Fundamental Attribution ErrorMODULE 7 The Powers and Perils of IntuitionMODULE 8 Reasons for UnreasonMODULE 9 Behavior and BeliefMODULE 10 Clinical IntuitionMODULE 11 Clinical Therapy: The Powers of Social CognitionPART THREE Social InfluenceMODULE 12 Human Nature and Cultural DiversityMODULE 13 Gender, Genes, and CultureMODULE 14 How Nice People Get CorruptedMODULE 15 Two Routes to PersuasionMODULE 16 Indoctrination and InoculationMODULE 17 The Mere Presence of OthersMODULE 18 Many Hands Make Diminished ResponsibilityMODULE 19 Doing Together What We Would Never Do AloneMODULE 20 How Groups Intensify DecisionsMODULE 21 Power to the PersonPART FOUR Social RelationsMODULE 22 The Reach of PrejudiceMODULE 23 The Roots of PrejudiceMODULE 24 The Nature and Nurture of AggressionMODULE 25 Does the Media Influence Social Behavior?MODULE 26 Who Likes Whom?MODULE 27 The Ups and Downs of LoveMODULE 28 Causes of ConflictMODULE 29 Blessed Are the PeacemakersMODULE 30 When Do People Help?MODULE 31 Social Psychology and the Sustainable FutureReferencesCreditsName IndexSubject Index

Über Autor(innen)

Myers, David
David Myers is the John Dirk Werkman Professor of Psychology at Hope College where he has taught for the past 30 years.  David Myers' love of teaching psychology has been rewarded by students on many occasions with numerous Outstanding Professor awards.  An award-winning researcher, Dr. Myers received the Gordon Allport Prize from Division 9 of the American Psychological Association for his work on group polarization.  His scientific articles have appeared in more than two dozen journals, including Science, American Scientist, Psychological Bulletin, and Psychological Science.  He has served his discipline as consulting editor to the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.