Product Description: How does a boy from a financially and intellectually impoverished background grow up to become a Harvard researcher, win international acclaim for his groundbreaking work, and catch fire as a pioneering psychologist? As the only person in the history of the American Psychological Association to have won all three of its highest honors—for distinguished research, teaching, and writing— Elliot Aronson is living proof that humans are capable of capturing the power of the situation and conquering the prison of personality...read more

Product Description: This collection of classic and contemporary articles on important ideas and issues in social psychology complements "The Social Animal 10th Edition", by Elliot Aronson but can be used with any introductory social psychology text.

Product Description: A landmark text that maintains its relevance and unique approach edition after edition, The Social Animal offers a brief, compelling introduction to modern social psychology. Through vivid narrative, lively presentations of important research, and intriguing examples, Elliot Aronson probes the patterns and motives of human behavior, covering such diverse topics as terrorism, conformity, obedience, politics, race relations, advertising, war, interpersonal attraction, and the power of religious cults...read more

When Elliot Aronson, Timothy Wilson, and Robin Akert started with the first edition of Social Psychology their overriding goal was simple but ambitious: capture the excitement of social psychology in a textbook. Now in its sixth edition, the authors have discovered - through many kind letters and e-mail from professors and students - that they have succeeded in making their book an enjoyable, fascinating story, not just a dry report of facts and figures. In their work they have found that social psychology comes alive for students when they understand the whole context of the field: how theories inspire research, why research is performed as it is, how further research triggers yet new avenues of study. The authors have reached students by conveying their own fascination with the research process in a down-to-earth, meaningful way, yet have done so without sacrificing a firm foundation on which to build the reader's understanding. Here, in its sixth edition, the authors present a rigorous, scientific approach to social psychology in a manner that continues to build on the text's legacy of engaging and fascinating students.

Product Description: Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell?Backed by years of research and delivered in lively, energetic prose, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinating explanation of self-deception—how it works, the harm it can cause, and how we can overcome it...read more

Product Description: Then the old woman said, “Ruthie, I have a cake and some cookies baking in the oven. They may be almost done. I am getting old and feeble. It hurts me to bend over. Would you kindly open the oven door, lean in, and see if the cake and cookies are done?” Ruthie opened the oven door and stuck her head way inside while the woman stood behind her peering over her shoulder...read more

Product Description: Terror is permeating the Boston Police Department’s night shift. Officer Chuck Marston and his associates are engaging in after-hours fantasy games of violence, role-playing, and prostitution. A fantasy club in Beantown’s Leather District is the site of a gruesome murder scene, and detective Mike Mackenzie, who is respected by few, takes over the police investigation...read more

Looks at the author's research into the measurement of people reading minds, including thoughts and feelings, women's intuition, the similar thoughts of twins, and ways people can improve their mind reading ability.

Product Description: Organized to illustrate the major themes of Elliot Aronson's The Social Animal, this collection of classic and contemporary readings explores the most important ideas, issues, and debates in social psychology today.

Product Description: On April 20, 1999, the halls of Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, reverberated with the sound of gunshots as two students, highly armed and consumed with rage, killed thirteen students and seriously injured twenty-three before turning the guns on themselves...read more

Product Description: Americans create 57% of the world's advertising while representing only 6% of its population; half of our waking hours are spent immersed in the mass media. Persuasion has always been integral to the democratic process, but increasingly, thoughtful discussion is being replaced with simplistic soundbites and manipulative messages...read more

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Product Description: In "Social Psychology", three experts in the field draw on their combined 65 years of teaching, scholarship and deep understanding of the process of research to weave an insightful narrative out of the history of social psychology...read more

Product Description: Here is a detailed guide for students who will design and implement their own independent research. It examines the complete process of experimentation: asking the right question and translating it into a workable design, setting the stage for data collection, designing dependent variable measures, avoiding bias, conducting the post-experimental interview, and writing up the results...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Defines the causes and symptoms of job burnout and tedium as well as offering strategies for coping with job pressures and avoiding the physical, emotional, and psychological exhaustion resulting in burnout

Defines the causes and symptoms of job burnout and tedium as well as offering strategies for coping with job pressures and avoiding the physical, emotional, and psychological exhaustion resulting in burnout

Defines the causes and symptoms of job burnout and tedium as well as offering strategies for coping with job pressures and avoiding the physical, emotional, and psychological exhaustion resulting in burnout

An explanation of the jigsaw technique offers an alternative to traditional classroom teaching methods by organizing students in smaller groups where they learn by relying on each other rather than just the teacher