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Exploring social psychology / David G. Myers.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: McGraw-Hill series in social psychologyPublisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Edition: Second editionDescription: xvii, 440 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0072344873
  • 9780072344875
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302
LOC classification:
  • HM1033. M94 2000
Contents:
Doing social psychology -- Did you know it all along? -- Intuition: the power and limits of our inner knowing -- Reasons for unreason -- Clinical intuition: the perils of psychologizing -- The fundamental attribution error -- A new look at pride -- The power of positive thinking -- Behavior and belief -- Gender, genes, and culture -- How nice people get corrupted -- Two routes to persuasion -- Indoctrination and inoculation -- The mere presence of others -- Many hands make diminished responsibility -- Doing together what we would never do alone -- How groups intensify decisions -- Power to the person -- The dislike of diversity -- The roots of prejudice -- The nature and nurture of aggression -- Do the media influence social behavior? -- Causes of conflict -- Blessed are the peacemakers -- Who likes whom? -- The ups and downs of love -- When do people help? -- Who is miserable, and why? -- Who is happy, and why? -- Big ideas in social psychology and religion.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-410) and index.

Doing social psychology -- Did you know it all along? -- Intuition: the power and limits of our inner knowing -- Reasons for unreason -- Clinical intuition: the perils of psychologizing -- The fundamental attribution error -- A new look at pride -- The power of positive thinking -- Behavior and belief -- Gender, genes, and culture -- How nice people get corrupted -- Two routes to persuasion -- Indoctrination and inoculation -- The mere presence of others -- Many hands make diminished responsibility -- Doing together what we would never do alone -- How groups intensify decisions -- Power to the person -- The dislike of diversity -- The roots of prejudice -- The nature and nurture of aggression -- Do the media influence social behavior? -- Causes of conflict -- Blessed are the peacemakers -- Who likes whom? -- The ups and downs of love -- When do people help? -- Who is miserable, and why? -- Who is happy, and why? -- Big ideas in social psychology and religion.

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