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"It is hopeful, in troubled times, to find a social scientist in
his ninth decade writing lucidly, self-critically, and wisely about
the essential problems and potentialities of his chosen field. And
it is an additional pleasure to find that the humanistic values of
his youth are burnished rather than tarnished in his old
age."--"Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences"
A pivotal figure in social psychology and personality studies
for more than half a century, M. Brewster Smith was the recipient
of the Gold Medal Award of the American Psychological Foundation
for Lifetime Contributions by a Psychologist to the Public
Interest.
Smith has conducted groundbreaking work on the ways in which
people's opinions are influenced by their strategies for coping
with the world, with their social relations, and with their inner
conflicts. His pioneering book, Opinions and Personality, offered
an in-depth treatment of how people's political opinions reflect
and are partly shaped by the ways those views contribute to the
functioning of their personalities. More recently, Smith has drawn
on psychological research to suggest ways to reduce the threat of
nuclear war. Throughout his work, Smith has aspired to an
interdisciplinary social psychology that is scientific in its
respect for empirical evidence and which can be applied to the
social issues of our time.
For a Significant Social Psychology collects Smith's most
important writings, introduced by the author and presented
thematically.
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