Social Psychology category: 7378 books
Understanding Genocide
The Social Psychology of the Holocaust
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2002
When and why do groups target each other for extermination? How do seemingly normal people become participants in genocide? Why do some individuals come to the rescue of members of targeted groups, while others just passively observe their victimization? And how do perpetrators and bystanders later...
by Annie Wood Besant
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
This text contains Annie Besant’s seminal treatise on consciousness. Chosen for its significant historical and education value, this fascinating exposition on consciousness will appeal to collectors of Besant’s work and constitutes a worthy addition to any discerning collection of Psychology literature....
by Laurent Bègue
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
In the 21st century, the concept of ethics may seem outdated or obsolete. But in reality, ethics is the omnipresent, ongoing discussion going on in our global communities today. Systematically, people condemn, sanction, demonize, and freely judge one another. As a result, by addressing the simplest...
The Ten Types of Human
A New Understanding of Who We Are, and Who We Can Be
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
‘This book is the one. Think Sapiens and triple it.’ – Julia Hobsbawm, author of Fully Connected
We all have ten types of human in our head.
They’re the people we become when we face life’s most difficult decisions. We want to believe there are things we would always do –...
by Bakari Akil II, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
Pop Psychology explores topics such as:How our environment affects us in ways we can’t imagine -Why some people go nuts if you touch their groceries in a checkout line -Using persuasion to scam a professor -How some military recruiters play mind games with potential recruits...
Why Empathy Matters
The Science and Psychology of Better Judgment
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2010
A road map to empathic and efficient decisions and policies, constructed from new insights in the science of human judgment
Faced with another's suffering, human beings feel sympathy and may even be moved to charity. However, for all our good intentions and vaunted free will, we are lousy at...
Cross Cultural Issues in Consumer Science and Consumer Psychology
Current Perspectives and Future Directions
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
This integrative volume identifies and defines cross-cultural issues in consumer psychology and consumer science as the world becomes an increasingly global marketplace. An international panel of experts analyzes current trends in consumer behavior across diverse countries worldwide and across cultural...
The Psychology of Courage
An Adlerian Handbook for Healthy Social Living
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
Courage refers to the willingness for risk taking and to move ahead in the presence of difficulties. The purpose of this book is to present courage as the main foundation of understanding and training for mental health in the three life task areas described by Adler: Work, Love, and Friendship. It...
by Elaine Hatfield, John T. Cacioppo, Richard L. Rapson
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 1993
When people are in a certain mood, whether elation or depression, that mood is often communicated to others. When we are talking to someone who is depressed it may make us feel depressed, whereas if we talk to someone who is feeling self-confident and buoyant we are likely to feel good about ourselves....
Before You Know It
The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Dr. John Bargh, the world’s leading expert on the unconscious mind, presents a “brilliant and convincing book” (Malcolm Gladwell) cited as an outstanding read of 2017 by Business Insider and The Financial Times—giving us an entirely new understanding of the hidden mental processes that secretly...
Addictions
A Social Psychological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
The current volume brings together social psychological theories and concepts and discusses their relevance to understanding substance use and addiction. It identifies convergence points between traditional perspectives on addiction and social psychological theory and research. This coexistence, which...
Stigma
Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
From the author of The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Stigma is analyzes a person’s feelings about himself and his relationship to people whom society calls “normal.”
Stigma is an illuminating excursion into the situation of persons who are unable to conform to standards that...
Divorce in Psychosocial Perspective
Theory and Research
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1993
Many books deal with divorce and its aftermath -- some deal with the impact of divorce on children and families, others with the legal or sociological aspects of divorce, and a few focus on divorced mothers and fathers. Most of these books are characterized by their practical orientation toward the...
The Kindness Cure
How the Science of Compassion Can Heal Your Heart and Your World
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
It’s time for a kindness revolution. In The Kindness Cure, psychologist Tara Cousineau draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to show how simple practices of kindness—for ourselves, for others, and for our world—can dissolve our feelings of fear and indifference, and open...