You are a member of a social world on a planet containing about 7 billion people. This social world is filled with paradox, mystery, suspense, and outright absurdity. Explore how social psychology can help you make sense of your own social world with this engaging and accessible book. Roy F. Baumeister and Brad J. Bushman's SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN NATURE, International Edition can help you understand one of the most interesting topics of all—the sometimes bizarre and baffling but always fascinating diversity of human behavior, and how and why people act the way they do.
Chapter 1 The Mission and the Method
Chapter 2 Culture and Nature
Chapter 3 The Self
Chapter 4 Choices and Actions: The Self in Control
Chapter 5 Social Cognition
Chapter 6 Emition and Affect
Chapter 7 Attutudes, Beliefs, and Consistency
Chapter 8 Social Influence and Persuasion
Chapter 9 Prosocial Behavior: Doing What's Best for Others
Chapter 10 Aggression and Antisocial Behavior
Chapter 11 Attraction and Exclusion
Chapter 12 Close Relationships: Passion, Intimacy, and Sexuality
Chapter 13 Prejudice and Intergroup Relations
Chapter 14 Groups