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For an undergraduate introductory level course in social psychology. Social Psychology: Goals in Interaction reveals the motives behind social behavior-why people love, hate, lead, and follow, for example- and bridges the person and the social situation. A unique integrated approach to social behavior: What do terrorist bombings, testosterone, one-minute "hurry dates," Facebook, and political smear campaigns have to do with one another? Social Psychology textbooks typically provide a laundry list of interesting, but disconnected facts and theories. This standard approach grabs interest but falls short as a way to learn. Kenrick, Neuberg, and Cialdini instead provide an integrative approach, one that both builds upon traditional lessons learned by the field and pushes those lessons to the cutting-edge. By organizing each chapter around the two broad questions-"What are the goals that underlie the behavior in question?" and "What factors in the person and the situation connect to each goal?" -the book presents the discipline as a coherent framework for understanding human behavior. Expanding he integrative theme in this edition, KNC highlights social psychology as the ultimate bridge discipline-connectingthe different findings and theories of social psychology, exploring the field's links to other areas of psychology (e.g., clinical, organizational, and neuroscience), and bridging to other important academic disciplines (e.g., anthropology, biology, economics, medicine, and law). Opening mysteries: Each chapter begins with a mystery, designed not only to grab student interest, but also to organize the ensuing discussion of scientific research: Why did the beautiful and talented artist Frida Kahlo fall for the much older, and much less attractive, Diego Rivera, and then tolerate his numerous extramarital affairs? What psychological forces led the Dalai Lama, the most exalted personage in Tibet, to forge a lifelong friendship with a foreign vagabond openly scorned by Tibetan peasants? Why would a boy falsely confess to murdering his own mother? The latest scholarship, engaging writing, engrossing real-world stories and the authors' strengths as renowned researchers and expert teachers, all come together to make the fifth edition of Social Psychology: Goals in Interaction an accessible and engaging read for students, while providing a modern and cohesive approach for their teachers. Check out the authors' website! www.knc5.com/Ad_Psych
What a pity it would have been if biologists had refused to accept
Darwin's theory of natural selection, which has been essential in
helping biologists understand a wide range of phenomena in many
animal species. These days, to study any animal species while
refusing to consider the evolved adaptive significance of their
behavior would be considered pure folly--unless, of course, the
species is "homo sapiens." Graduate students training to study this
particular primate species may never take a single course in
evolutionary theory, although they may take two undergraduate and
up to four graduate courses in statistics. These methodologically
sophisticated students then embark on a career studying human
aggression, cooperation, mating behavior, family relationships, or
altruism with little or no understanding of the general
evolutionary forces and principles that shaped the behaviors they
are investigating. This book hopes to redress that wrong.
What a pity it would have been if biologists had refused to accept
Darwin's theory of natural selection, which has been essential in
helping biologists understand a wide range of phenomena in many
animal species. These days, to study any animal species while
refusing to consider the evolved adaptive significance of their
behavior would be considered pure folly--unless, of course, the
species is "homo sapiens." Graduate students training to study this
particular primate species may never take a single course in
evolutionary theory, although they may take two undergraduate and
up to four graduate courses in statistics. These methodologically
sophisticated students then embark on a career studying human
aggression, cooperation, mating behavior, family relationships, or
altruism with little or no understanding of the general
evolutionary forces and principles that shaped the behaviors they
are investigating. This book hopes to redress that wrong.
Why do three out of four professional football players go bankrupt?
How can illiterate jungle dwellers pass a test that tricks Harvard
philosophers? And why do billionaires work so hard--only to give
their hard-earned money away?
"Kenrick writes like a dream."--Robert Sapolsky, Professor of Biology and Neurology, Stanford University; author of "A Primate's Memoir" and "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers" What do sex and murder have to do with the meaning of life? Everything. In "Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life," social psychologist Douglas Kenrick exposes the selfish animalistic underside of human nature, and shows how it is intimately connected to our greatest and most selfless achievements. Masterfully integrating cognitive science, evolutionary psychology, and complexity theory, this intriguing book paints a comprehensive picture of the principles that govern our lives. As Kenrick divulges, beneath our civilized veneer, human beings are a lot like howling hyenas and barking baboons, with heads full of homicidal tendencies and sexual fantasies. But, in his view, many ingrained, apparently irrational behaviors--such as inclinations to one-night stands, racial prejudices, and conspicuous consumption--ultimately manifest what he calls "Deep Rationality." Although our heads are full of simple selfish biases that evolved to help our ancestors survive, modern human beings are anything but simple and selfish cavemen. Kenrick argues that simple and selfish mental mechanisms we inherited from our ancestors ultimately give rise to the multifaceted social lives that we humans lead today, and to the most positive features of humanity, including generosity, artistic creativity, love, and familial bonds. And out of those simple mechanisms emerge all the complexities of society, including international conflicts and global economic markets. By exploring the nuance of social psychology and the surprising results of his own research, Kenrick offers a detailed picture of what makes us caring, creative, and complex--that is, fully human. Illuminated with stories from Kenrick's own colorful experiences -- from his criminally inclined shantytown Irish relatives, his own multiple high school expulsions, broken marriages, and homicidal fantasies, to his eventual success as an evolutionary psychologist and loving father of two boys separated by 26 years -- this book is an exploration of our mental biases and failures, and our mind's great successes. Idiosyncratic, controversial, and fascinating, "Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life" uncovers the pitfalls and promise of our biological inheritance.
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