Exploring the key ideas in social psychology, this collection of classic and contemporary readings includes accounts of specific experimental findings as well as more general articles summarizing studies on such topics as attraction, prejudice, and aggression. The new edition adds 15 new readings while retaining a number of classics by leading psychological thinkers such as Stanley Milgram on obedience and Solomon Asch on conformity. Readings makes the perfect companion for the Aronson's highly praised book, The Social Animal as it follows the same major themes. The Reader can also be used with any introductory social psychology text or even in lieu of a text. Using both The Social Animal textbook and the reader is a unique and engaging combination for understanding social psychology and its research.
Newly revised and up-to-date, this edition of "The Social Animal" is a brief, compelling introduction to modern social psychology.
Betty Hart and Todd Risley David L. Kirp, “After the Bell Curve,” New York Times Magazine, July 23, 2006, http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/23/magazine/23 ww.ln _idealab.html. On an hourly basis Paul Tough, “What It Takes to Make a Student ...
Readings about the Social Animal
From the influential and hugely popular "New York Times" columnist and bestselling author of "Bobos in Paradise" comes a landmark exploration of how human beings and communities succeed.
A rat will go out of its way to help a stranger in need. Lions have adopted the calves of their prey. Ants farm fungus in cooperatives. Why do we...
Investigating the Social Animal: An Active Reading and Application Study Guide to Accompany Elliot Aronson's the Social Animal
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Gary A. Phillips and Danna Nolan Fewell, “Ethics, Bible, Reading As If,” in Danna Nolan Fewell and Gary A. Phillips, eds., Bible and Ethics of Reading, Semeia 77 (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 1997), 3–4. 38.
A personal and compelling look into Aronson's profound contributions to the field of social psychology, Not by Chance Alone is a lifelong story of human potential and the power of social change.
The Seventh Edition features 10 new readings from the contemporary social psychology literature, a streamlined organization, and the option of either e-book or print versions.