The Second Edition is not a revision in any ordinary sense but a new book with a new organization and many new topics. With an interval of twenty years, new topics are inevitable in a discipline as alive as social psychology. Some topis have been omitted, some expanded, new topics added. Every chapter is intended to be fully understandable in isolation from the rest. There are, however, some cross-references and interconnections.
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A timeless book on human behavior; one of the most interesting and best written books ever.,
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Social Psychology 1st edition is one of the most interesting and stimulating books ever. It makes you think and creates many "ah ha" moments. I was fortunate to get the first edition after I first read the second edition. I wrote Dr. Brown (back in the early 90's) and told him how much the book caused me to rethink human behavior. He responded with a long hand written letter answering many of my questions and raising many interesting points. It is a letter I have and treasure. He told me the 1st edition was actually a completely different book covering different topics but hard to get as the publishers stopped printing it after the 2nd edition came out. Well, I finally got the "first" edition and now the first and second edition are two of my favorite books. I feel like they are timeless classics. They are not just "Psychology" books but books that really make you think and question. While completely different books, I recommend Social Psychology 1st and 2nd edition by Roger Brown as two of the finest books ever.
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Classic and wonderful entry to social psychology,
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I read this book for the first time in 1987. The years have passed but still Roger Brown's observations and description provides a brilliant and wonderful reading for both academics and the lay reader. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in learining about social psychology.
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From one of the best psychologists of the century comes one of the best texts on psychology of the century. Beautifully written in an entertaining style, this book will change how you view the social world around you. A must on any psychology major's shelf, or anyone else interested in social psychology.
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IF YOU WERE SITTING on a bridge watching a sunset, and the person next to you fell into the water and screamed, "Help! I can't swim!" you would be under no legal obligation to throw him a life preserver even if one lay close to hand. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pluralistic equality, effective individual probability, equity with the world, initial individual decisions, white homosexual females, net immediacy, seeming altruism, basic object level, unanimous group decision, fetal androgenization, incongruent acts, counterfactual answers, primacy paradigm, delayed reciprocal altruism, negative social identity, evaluative consistency, biological altruism, psychological altruism, minimal group experiment, causal calculus, scientific jury selection, primacy experiment, low distinctiveness, personality impression formation, verdict preferences Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Academic Press, San Francisco, European Journal of Social Psychology, Supreme Court, Good Samaritan, Twelve Angry Men, Hong Kong, Cambridge University Press, Psychological Bulletin, American Psychologist, Kinsey Institute, Structured Interview, Harvard University Press, American Psychological Association, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Robbers Cave, Henry Fonda, Los Angeles, Pocket Calculus, Version Three, American Sign Language, Childhood Gender Nonconformity, Jenkins Activity Survey New!
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IF YOU WERE SITTING on a bridge watching a sunset, and the person next to you fell into the water and screamed, "Help! I can't swim!" you would be under no legal obligation to throw him a life preserver even if one lay close to hand. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pluralistic equality, effective individual probability, equity with the world, initial individual decisions, white homosexual females, net immediacy, seeming altruism, basic object level, unanimous group decision, fetal androgenization, incongruent acts, counterfactual answers, primacy paradigm, delayed reciprocal altruism, negative social identity, evaluative consistency, biological altruism, psychological altruism, minimal group experiment, causal calculus, scientific jury selection, primacy experiment, low distinctiveness, personality impression formation, verdict preferences Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Academic Press, San Francisco, European Journal of Social Psychology, Supreme Court, Good Samaritan, Twelve Angry Men, Hong Kong, Cambridge University Press, Psychological Bulletin, American Psychologist, Kinsey Institute, Structured Interview, Harvard University Press, American Psychological Association, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Robbers Cave, Henry Fonda, Los Angeles, Pocket Calculus, Version Three, American Sign Language, Childhood Gender Nonconformity, Jenkins Activity Survey New!
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- A Theory of Justice: Revised Edition (Belknap) by John Rawls on page 83, page 88, and page 103
- Skill in Nonverbal Communication: Individual Differences by Robert Rosenthal on page 524, and page 530
- Websters New Collegiate Dictionary by Websters Merriam on page 471, and page 595
- Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose on page 201, and page 229
- Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View by Stanley Milgram in Front Matter
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