Social Psychology category: 7378 books
by Paula M. Niedenthal, François Ric
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Since the turn of the twenty-first century, the psychology of emotion has grown to become its own field of study. Because the study of emotion draws inspiration from areas of science outside of psychology, including neuroscience, psychiatry, biology, genetics, computer science, zoology, and behavioral...
by Daniel M. Ogilvie
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2003
Fantasies of Flight invigorates the field of personality psychology by challenging the contemporary academic view that individuals are best studied as carriers of traits. Daniel Ogilvie exchanges a heart-to-heart, case study approach to understanding human behavior for the current strategies of categorizing...
The Righteous Mind
Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
New York Times Bestseller
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*In this “landmark contribution to humanity’s understanding of itself” (The New York Times Book Review) social psychologist Jonathan Haidt *challenges conventional thinking about morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to conservatives and liberals...
America the Anxious
How to Calm Down, Stop Worrying, and Find Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
NAMED ONE OF THE 40 BEST BOOKS OF 2016 BY THE NEW YORK POST
A New York Times Editor's Choice pick
“Ruth Whippman is my new favorite cultural critic...****a shrewd, hilarious analysis.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B (coauthored...
The Hidden Brain
How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
The hidden brain is the voice in our ear when we make the most important decisions in our lives—but we’re never aware of it. The hidden brain decides whom we fall in love with and whom we hate. It tells us to vote for the white candidate and convict the dark-skinned defendant, to hire the thin...
Nonsense
The Power of Not Knowing
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
An illuminating look at the surprising upside of ambiguity—and how, properly harnessed, it can inspire learning, creativity, even empathy
Life today feels more overwhelming and chaotic than ever. Whether it’s a confounding work problem or a faltering relationship or an unclear medical diagnosis,...
Predisposed
Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Buried in many people and operating largely outside the realm of conscious thought are forces inclining us toward liberal or conservative political convictions. Our biology predisposes us to see and understand the world in different ways, not always reason and the careful consideration of facts. These...
La Psychologie des Sexes
Réflexions sur la différence entre les sexes
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
L’homme et la femme ont-ils la même nature mentale ? Comment sont déterminés les caractères masculins et féminins ? D’après Herbert Spencer, affirmer que les hommes et les femmes ont la même nature mentale, est aussi fausse que d’affirmer qu’ils ont les mêmes caractéristiques corporelles....
by Steven K. Baum
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
"Beneath the surface [of our society]," writes historian Robert Wistrich, are "ancient myths, dark hatreds, and irrational fantasies [that] continue to nourish antisemitism." But the larger question has to do with why we are so prone to believe them. To that end, Steven K. Baum has an answer. In this...
Totem et tabou
Interprétation par la psychanalyse de la vie sociale des peuples primitifs.
Language: French
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), père de la psychanalyse, est né le 6 mai 1856 à Freiberg en Moravie. Après avoir fait des études de médecine à l'Université de Vienne, Freud accomplit un stage à Paris, dans le service Dr. Charcot, spécialiste...
by Dieter Duhm
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
We are living in apocalyptic times. We see everywhere the miracles of technology, the glossy urban facades and the wealth of the elite, but we also see the oppressed and starving poor, the shocking degradation of nature and a mechanistic culture of war run rampant and out of control.
We have...
by William Mcdougall
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Group Psychology itself consists properly of two parts, that which is concerned to discover the most general principles of group life, and that which applies these principles to the study of particular kinds and examples of group life. The former is logically prior to the second; though in practice...
The Other Side of Happiness
Embracing a More Fearless Approach to Living
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
'Required reading ... Brock Bastian expertly picks apart the fundamental idea that humans thrive when they approach pleasure and avoid pain, explaining why hardship sometimes yields richer lives that are laden with meaning, deep social connections, and unexpected bliss' Adam Alter, author of Drunk...
The Killing Compartments
The Mentality of Mass Murder
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
The twentieth century was among the bloodiest in the history of humanity. Untold millions were slaughtered. How people are enrolled in the service of evil is a question that continues to bedevil. In this trenchant book, Abram de Swaan offers a taxonomy of mass violence that focuses on the rank-and-file...