Exploring Social Psychology - Softcover

Myers, David G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0073370649 ISBN 13: 9780073370644

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2008

Synopsis

This brief, modular introduction to social psychology offers streamlined focus on issues such as belief and illusion, prejudice and diversity, and love and hate. The brevity of each of the book's 31 stand-alone modules makes this the perfect text for covering the core concepts in the field. By introducing social psychology in an essay format and by writing in a voice that is both solidly scientific and warmly human, Exploring Social Psychology is able to reveal social psychology as an investigative reporter might, by providing a current summary of important social phenomena, by showing how social psychologists uncover and explain such phenomena, and by reflecting on their human significance. The new edition includes discussion of the Hurricane Katrina aftermath as an illustration of hindsight bias and availability heuristic, the Iraq War and belief perseverance, and terrorism and group polarization.

About this title

From the Publisher:

· Incorporates the updating and revisions from the new edition of Social Psychology, 6/e (1999 ©)
Applied modules now appear in separate end-of-text section entitled, "Social Psychology Applied"
Brief, soft cover, modular format is ideal for students (and professors) who dislike the long chapters that typify psychology texts, or who want a text which can be easily supplemented by other readings or activities
The same writing voice and the same reflections of the human significance of social psychology and the connecting of findings to students' lives that appear in Myers' Social Psychology 6e appear in the new edition of Exploring Social Psychology, 2/e
Key concepts and findings are highlighted within each module
Exploring Social Psychology is part of the prestigious McGraw-Hill Social Psychology series and is priced significantly lower than standard hardcover texts

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0073370649
• ISBN 13: 9780073370644
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 560