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Social Beings: A Core Motives Approach to Social Psychology » (2nd Edition)

Book cover image of Social Beings: A Core Motives Approach to Social Psychology by Susan T. Fiske

Authors: Susan T. Fiske
ISBN-13: 9780470129111, ISBN-10: 0470129115
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: November 2009
Edition: 2nd Edition

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Author Biography: Susan T. Fiske

Book Synopsis

Fiske provides psychologists with a cutting-edge approach on evolutionary and cross-cultural psychology. The book addresses research on three different levels:  brain function and cognition, individual and situations, and groups and cultures. The second edition has been updated to present contemporary research in social psychology. It also discusses increasingly important issues in the field. This includes emotion science and the impact of neuroscience on social and personality psychology. Psychologists agree that the second edition captures an important movement in social psychology with the core motives approach.

Table of Contents

Preface
About the Author
Ch. 1Introduction: Situations and Motives, Adaptation and Culture1
Ch. 2Scientific Methods for Studying People in Interaction35
Ch. 3Ordinary Personology: Figuring Out Why People Do What They Do79
Ch. 4Social Cognition: Making Sense of Others121
Ch. 5The Self Social to the Core169
Ch. 6Attitudes and Persuasion: Changing Minds215
Ch. 7Attraction: Initiating Romance, Friendship, and Other Relationships253
Ch. 8Close Relationships: Passion, Interdependence, Commitment, and Intimacy279
Ch. 9Helping: Prosocial Behavior315
Ch. 10Aggression: Antisocial Behavior361
Ch. 11Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination: Social Blases397
Ch. 12Small Groups: Ongoing Interactions459
Ch. 13Social Influence: Doing What Others Do and Say507
Ch. 14Conclusion: Social Beings533
References545
Author Index611
Subject Index629

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