The Person and The Situation [Paperback]

Lee Ross (Author), Richard E. Nisbett (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 007053926X | ISBN-13: 978-0070539266 | Publication Date: January 1, 1991 | Edition: 70th

This synthesis of the central themes of social psychology and personality theory covers the central topics of social psychology and shows how they and their messages inform the study of any topic having to do with social behaviour. Ross and Nisbett cover the latest research on individual difference in social behaviour and relate it to the everyday experience of predictability concerning the behaviour of others. The text relates questions of personality psychology to questions of social psychology, and focuses on questions which the authors consider to be outside the mainstream of social psychology.

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A groundbreaking synthesis of the central themes of social psychology and personality theory --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Lee Ross is Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and a founder and one of the principal investigators of the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation. Richard E. Nisbett is Theodore M. Newcomb Professor of Psychology and Director of the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the University of Michigan. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College; 70th edition (January 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007053926X
• ISBN-13: 978-0070539266
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,143,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this Book!, December 6, 2007

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Mark (Littleton, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Person and The Situation (Paperback)

As a 2nd year PhD student someone lent me this book so that I could acquaint myself with Social Psychology (which I had very little exposure to beforehand). I felt that I had a better grasp of social psychology after reading this book than I did after taking a year of PhD level courses. Ross & Nisbett effortlessly cover the foundational works of Social Psy in a way that is immediately accessible and compelling. This is one of two books that I recommend to incoming PhD students...

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Taking account of the importance of the situation, August 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Person and The Situation (Paperback)

This book is a wonderful introduction to the importance of situational influences on our inferences and decisions. The coverage of examples is thorough and it is easy to see how each is relevent to the topic at hand. Written in a an imminently understandable and conversational style, this book is a pleasure to read. I particularly enjoyed the ways in which the authors demonstrated the types of faulty logic we all use when trying to use dispositional information to make predictions about the behaviour of ourselves and others. This book points out quite clearly that just because an approach appears to work in the real world, doesn't mean that the rational for using it is reasonable. An enjoyable and informative read!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very satisfying theoretical integration of social psychology research, May 27, 2006

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Laura Havstad "psychologist" (Northern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Person and the Situation: Perspectives of Social Psychology (Hardcover)

Offered as "a slim guide ... to the heart and muscle" of the enterprise of social psychology, this volume provides the cummulative evidence of the field organized in terms of the basic principles it supports. This is an excellent introduction and review of the field of social psychology, its research and its applications. To really absorb the knowledge accumulated here into the functioning of our general culture would require a willingess by individuals, over and over again, to transcend normal ways of thinking in order to understand others, and especially differences with others, in a less self-centered manner than is usual.