Social Psychology: 2025 Release Ise 15th Edition

Connecting Social Psychology to the world around us. Social Psychology introduces students to the science of us: our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in a changing world. Students learn to think critically about everyday behaviors and gain an appreciation for the world around them, regardless of background or major. Social Psychology's conversational voice helps students to access and enjoy this exciting science. Students explore scientific studies of universal questions of love, hate, conformity and independence, prejudice and helping, persuasion and self-determination. Contents: 1 Introducing Social Psychology Part One Social Thinking 2 The Self in a Social World 3 Social Beliefs and Judgments 4 Behavior and Attitudes Part Two Social Influence 5 Genes, Culture, and Gender 6 Conformity and Obedience 7 Persuasion 8 Group Influence Part Three Social Relations 9 Prejudice 10 Aggression 11 Attraction and Intimacy 12 Helping 13 Conflict and Peacemaking Part Four Applying Social Psychology 14 Social Psychology in the Clinic 15 Social Psychology in Court 16 Social Psychology and the Sustainable Future Author Biography: 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. As Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University, Jean M. Twenge has authored more than 120 scientific publications on generational differences, cultural change, social rejection, gender roles, self-esteem, and narcissism. Her research has been covered in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, and The Washington Post, and she has been featured on Today, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Fox and Friends, NBC Nightly News, Dateline NBC, and National Public Radio.She summarized this research for a broader audience in the books Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled- and More Miserable Than Ever Before and The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement (co-authored with W. Keith Campbell). She has written for general audiences on several websites and magazines, including a piece for The Atlantic that was nominated for a National Magazine Award. She frequently gives talks and seminars on generational differences to audiences such as college faculty and staff, military personnel, camp directors, and corporate executives. Dr. Twenge grew up in Minnesota and Texas. She holds a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in social psychology at Case Western Reserve University. She lives in San Diego with her husband and three daughters.