Social Psychology category: 7378 books
The Global Heart Awakens
Humanity's Rite of Passage from the Love of Power to the Power of Love
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Positing that modern society is an adolescent culture, driven by greed and power and lying on the cusp of an era of spiritual growth and shifting values, this book explores mythic themes in various historical eras to explain the past, present, and future of the human experience. It suggests that the...
by Karina V. Korostelina
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Professor Karina V. Korostelina presents insights into the "Trump effect" and explains how the support for Trump among the American general public is based on three complementary pillars. First, Trump champions a specific conception of American national identity that empowers his supporters....
Our Own Master Race
Eugenics in Canada, 1885-1945
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1990
Was Canada immune to the racist currents of thought that swept central Europe in the 1920's and 1930's? In this landmark book Angus McLaren, co-author of The Bedroom and the State, examines the pervasiveness in Canada of the eugenic notion of "race betterment" and demonstrates that many...
Obedience to Authority
Current Perspectives on the Milgram Paradigm
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1999
Stanley Milgram's experiments on obedience to authority are among the most important psychological studies of this century. Perhaps because of the enduring significance of the findings--the surprising ease with which ordinary persons can be commanded to act destructively against an innocent individual...
Face Value
The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
The scientific story of first impressions—and why the snap character judgments we make from faces are irresistible but usually incorrect
We make up our minds about others after seeing their faces for a fraction of a second—and these snap judgments predict all kinds of important decisions....
by Erich Fromm
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
A study of aggression from the renowned social psychologist and New York Times–bestselling author of The Art of Loving and Escape from Freedom.
Throughout history, humans have shown an incredible talent for destruction as well as creation. Aggression has driven us to great heights and brutal...
Multiculturalism and Diversity
A Social Psychological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2015
Multiculturalism and Diversity focuses on the ways in which history and identity inform each other, and examines the politics of culture as well as the politics of cultural identities within the U.S.
Illustrates the basic proposition that each of us is a unique multicultural human being and that...
by Joseph Atkinson
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2015
So, You want to win? When you decide to move your life to the next level of accomplishment, you must fasten your mental and spiritual seat belts because it is going to be a while before you reach that comfortable level again. You will reach it, but you must endure the turbulence of change in order...
Book Review: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Challenging the myth of the self-made man
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2019
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Outliers: The Story of Success is an engaging, thought-provoking look at the external factors that can determine an individual’s personal success....
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Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
The Oxford Handbook of Work and Family examines contemporary work-family issues from a variety of important viewpoints. By thoroughly examining where the field has been and where it is heading, this important volume offers razor-sharp reviews of long-standing topics and fresh ideas to move work-family...
Applying Emotional Intelligence
A Practitioner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
The explosion of research on emotional intelligence (EI) in the past decade has provided increasing evidence that EI can be measured reliably and can be useful in predicting important outcomes, such as managerial effectiveness and relationship quality.
Naturally, people are now asking, "So,...
Irrationally Yours
On Missing Socks, Pickup Lines, and Other Existential Puzzles
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Three-time New York Times bestselling author Dan Ariely teams up with legendary The New Yorker cartoonist William Haefeli to present an expanded, illustrated collection of his immensely popularWall Street Journal advice column, “Ask Ariely”.
Behavioral economist Dan Ariely revolutionized...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018
In this updated and expanded edition of The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance, some of the world's foremost experts on expertise share their scientific knowledge of expertise and expert performance and show how experts may differ from non-experts in terms of development, training,...
Exploring Positive Identities and Organizations
Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2009
In the new world of work and organizations, creating and maintaining a positive identity is consequential and challenging for individuals, for groups and for organizations. New challenges for positive identity construction and maintenance require new theory. This edited volume uncovers new topics...