Social Psychology and Human Nature - Softcover

Baumeister, Roy F.; Bushman, Brad J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495602655 ISBN 13: 9780495602651

Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, 2010

Synopsis

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN NATURE, 2ND EDITION offers a remarkably fresh and compelling exploration of the fascinating field of social psychology. Respected researchers, teachers, and authors Roy Baumeister and Brad Bushman give students integrated and accessible insight into the ways that nature, the social environment, and culture interact to influence social behavior. While giving essential insight to the power of situations, the text's contemporary approach also emphasizes the role of human nature - viewing people as highly complex, exquisitely designed, and variously inclined cultural animals who respond to myriad situations. With strong visual appeal, an engaging writing style, and the best of classic and current research, SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN NATURE helps students make sense of the sometimes baffling - but always interesting - diversity of human behavior.

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Review:

Jarret T. Crawford, Rutgers University: "I especially liked the sections addressing current issues or events, particularly those regarding 'Food for Thought' and 'The Social Side of Sex.' Those vignettes would appeal to students more so than the . . . boxes in my [current] text, and also provide a deeper coverage of stigmatized groups."

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0495602655
• ISBN 13: 9780495602651
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 459