Social Psychology category: 7378 books
Social Science Methods for Psychodynamic Inquiry
The Unconscious on the World Scene
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2016
This book explains, with case examples, a variety of social science research methods suitable for studying the unconscious components of irrational social and political actions in world affairs, which can be defined as those that are intensely destructive, self-destructive, or extremely bizarre. The...
Moral Tribes
Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
“Surprising and remarkable…Toggling between big ideas, technical details, and his personal intellectual journey, Greene writes a thesis suitable to both airplane reading and PhD seminars.”—The Boston Globe
Our brains were designed for tribal life, for getting along with a select group...
The Science of Leadership
Lessons from Research for Organizational Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
In The Science of Leadership, Julian Barling takes an evidenced-based approach, relying primarily on the knowledge generated from research on organizational leadership conducted around the world and personal reflections based on two decades of involvement in leadership research and leadership development...
by Kennan Eskin
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
This book will teach you what to look for and how to protect yourself so that you can come out on top and avoid being the subject of manipulation. It taps into deep levels of psychological functions which can show you how to influence other people, making them agree with you and your wants, but at...
by Mario Luis Small
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
When people are facing difficulties, they often feel the need for a confidant-a person to vent to or a sympathetic ear with whom to talk things through. How do they decide on whom to rely? In theory, the answer seems obvious: if the matter is personal, they will turn to a spouse, a family member,...
Consumer Behaviour (RLE Consumer Behaviour)
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
This book is concerned with the application of the behavioural sciences, notably social psychology and sociology, to the study of consumer behaviour. The emphasis throughout is on making these sciences practical for the marketing manager by focusing on those aspects of consumer behaviour which prove...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
A compilation of works from prominent researchers, promoting both a panoramic and multilevel understanding of this complex construct, with focus on power as a cause of social ills and remedies to prevent corruption and abuse.
Making Sense of Beliefs and Values
Theory, Research, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
Social psychologists have studied beliefs and values, and related constructs such as "attitudes" and "prejudice" for decades. But as this innovative and interdisciplinary book convincingly demonstrates, the scientific examination of beliefs and values now influences research and...
by Rumi Michael Leigh
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
This book will give you a good general knowledge about the essentials of Psychology and more. Learn to better communicate and understand people around you.
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How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
In the style of Nudge or The Spirit Level - a groundbreaking book that will change the way you look at the world. Tina Rosenberg has spent her career tackling some of the world's hardest problems. The Haunted Land, her searing book on how Eastern Europe faced the crimes of Communism, was awarded both...
The Monogamy Gap
Men, Love, and the Reality of Cheating
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Whether straight or gay, most men start their relationships desiring monogamy. This is rooted in the pervasive notion that monogamy exists as a sign of true love. Yet despite this deeply held cultural ideal, cheating remains rampant. In this accessible book, Eric Anderson investigates why 78% of men...
Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century
Psychological, Sociological, and Political Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
What is it like to be a person today? To think, feel, and act as an individual in a time of accelerated social, cultural, technological, and political change? This question is inspired by the double meaning of subjectivity as both the 'first-personness' of consciousness (being a subject of experience)...
Emerging Adulthood
The Winding Road from the Late Teens Through the Twenties
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
In recent decades, the lives of people in their late teens and twenties have changed so dramatically that a new stage of life has developed. In his provocative work, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett has identified the period of emerging adulthood as distinct from both the adolescence that precedes it and the...
Split-Second Persuasion
The Ancient Art and New Science of Changing Minds
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
An “entertaining” look at the psychology and neuroscience behind the act of influencing others (Kirkus Reviews).
People try to persuade us every day. From the news to the Internet to coworkers and family, everyone and everything wants to influence our thoughts in some way. And in turn,...