You are a member of a social world on a planet containing about 7 billion people. This social world is filled with paradox, mystery, suspense, and outright absurdity. Explore how social psychology can help you make sense of your own social world with this engaging and accessible book. Roy F. Baumeister and Brad J. Bushman?s SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN NATURE can help you make sense of the always fascinating and sometimes bizarre and baffling diversity of human behavior-and it?s also just plain interesting to learn about how and why people act the way they do.
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W. Keith Campbell, University of Georgia: "I am very impressed. The writing is terrific, as are the examples and images. More importantly, however, many books seem to suck the life right out of social psychology-they almost make it seem as if we are studying something other than ourselves. This book makes it clear that social psychology is directly engaged in the study of our shared human nature, with all its trade-offs and complexities but also with its underlying rationality. This is the first book I will be able to assign to my class and not feel a tad guilty."
Nelse Ostlund, University of Nevada, Las Vegas: "SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN NATURE marks a path that others would be wise to follow. Baumeister and Bushman manage to synthesize principles of evolutionary psychology into social psychology while seamlessly accenting the role of society and culture."
James Previte, Victor Valley College: I was struck by the wonderful job of integration accomplished by the authors. By integration, I mean both the goal of culture with nature and the integration of earlier material with later material as one read the different chapters. Many authors attempt to build upon earlier work with later chapters but this [book] shows an unusual degree of success at this."
Gretchen Sechrist, Statue University of New York at Buffalo: "There is a nice balance of classic and contemporary research. Studies are described thoroughly and the overall point of the experiments and how they relate to the topic at hand are discussed and repeated well enough to be easily understood, while at the same time remaining interesting, which I think is very important for an undergraduate textbook."
Jarret T. Crawford, Rutgers University: "I especially liked the sections addressing current issues or events, particularly those regarding ?Food for Thought? and ?The Social Side of Sex.? Those vignettes would appeal to students more so than the . . . boxes in my [current] text, and also provide a deeper coverage of stigmatized groups."
Nelse Ostlund, University of Nevada, Las Vegas: "SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN NATURE marks a path that others would be wise to follow. Baumeister and Bushman manage to synthesize principles of evolutionary psychology into social psychology while seamlessly accenting the role of society and culture."
James Previte, Victor Valley College: I was struck by the wonderful job of integration accomplished by the authors. By integration, I mean both the goal of culture with nature and the integration of earlier material with later material as one read the different chapters. Many authors attempt to build upon earlier work with later chapters but this [book] shows an unusual degree of success at this."
Gretchen Sechrist, Statue University of New York at Buffalo: "There is a nice balance of classic and contemporary research. Studies are described thoroughly and the overall point of the experiments and how they relate to the topic at hand are discussed and repeated well enough to be easily understood, while at the same time remaining interesting, which I think is very important for an undergraduate textbook."
Jarret T. Crawford, Rutgers University: "I especially liked the sections addressing current issues or events, particularly those regarding ?Food for Thought? and ?The Social Side of Sex.? Those vignettes would appeal to students more so than the . . . boxes in my [current] text, and also provide a deeper coverage of stigmatized groups."
About the Author
Roy F. Baumeister holds the Eppes Eminent Professorship in Psychology at Florida State University, where he is the head of the social psychology graduate program and teaches social psychology to students at all levels. He has taught introductory social psychology to thousands of undergraduate students. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1978, and his teaching and research activities have included appointments at the University of California at Berkeley, Case Western Reserve University, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Virginia, the Max Planck Institute in Munich (Germany), and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford. Baumeister is an active researcher whose work has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and by the Templeton Foundation. He has done research on the self (including self-esteem and self-control), the need to belong, sexuality, aggression, and how people find meaning in life. In 2005, the Institute for Scientific Information concluded from a survey of published bibliographies that he was among the most influential psychologists in the world. His publications have been cited over 5,000 times. Baumeister lives with his wife and daughter by a small lake in Tallahassee, Florida. In his (very rare) spare time, he likes to play guitar and piano or go windsurfing.
Brad J. Bushman is Professor of Psychology and Communication Studies at University of Michigan. He is also a professor at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam (the Netherlands), where he teaches and does research two months per year. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri in 1989 and has taught introductory social psychology courses for 15 years. Bushman's research, which has challenged several societal myths (e.g., violent media have a trivial effect on aggression, venting anger reduces aggression, violent people suffer from low self-esteem, violence and sex on TV sell products, warning labels repel consumers), earned him the nickname of the "Myth Buster" by one colleague. His research has been published in the top scientific journals (e.g., Science) and has been featured on television (e.g., ABC News 20/20, Discovery Channel), on radio (e.g., NPR, BBC, CBC), in magazines (e.g., Newsweek, Sports Illustrated), and in newspapers (e.g., The New York Times, Wall Street Journal). Bushman lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his wife Tammy Stafford and their three children. In his spare time, he likes to ride his mountain bike and listen to jazz music.
Brad J. Bushman is Professor of Psychology and Communication Studies at University of Michigan. He is also a professor at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam (the Netherlands), where he teaches and does research two months per year. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri in 1989 and has taught introductory social psychology courses for 15 years. Bushman's research, which has challenged several societal myths (e.g., violent media have a trivial effect on aggression, venting anger reduces aggression, violent people suffer from low self-esteem, violence and sex on TV sell products, warning labels repel consumers), earned him the nickname of the "Myth Buster" by one colleague. His research has been published in the top scientific journals (e.g., Science) and has been featured on television (e.g., ABC News 20/20, Discovery Channel), on radio (e.g., NPR, BBC, CBC), in magazines (e.g., Newsweek, Sports Illustrated), and in newspapers (e.g., The New York Times, Wall Street Journal). Bushman lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his wife Tammy Stafford and their three children. In his spare time, he likes to ride his mountain bike and listen to jazz music.
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