The social animal
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Bibliographic Information
The social animal
（A series of books in psychology）
W.H. Freeman, c1995
7th ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [443]-495) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Winner of the American Psychological Association's National Media Award, this book provides an introduction to modern social psychology. It covers such diverse topics as conformity, sex, politics, war and scientific ethics. The author explains fundamental principles and their applications to everyday life. This 7th edition has beeen updated to include recent research results and topical examples of particular interest such as false memory, smoker's rights, the Los Angeles riots and US involvement in Somalia.
Table of Contents
- Why I wrote this book
- what is social psychology ?
- conformity
- mass communication, propaganda and persuasion
- self cognition self justification
- human aggression
- predjudice
- liking, loving and interpersonal sensitivity
- social psychology as a science.
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