Readings About The Social Animal

by Elliot Aronson (Editor)

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Exploring the most important 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 and aggression. In this edition, the most significant and provocative articles of earlier editions have been retained, including such classics as Stanley Milgram on obedience and Solomon Asch on conformity. Organized to illustrate the major themes of show more Elliot Aronson's highly praised book, The Social Animal, this acclaimed collection of articles can readily be adapted for use with any introductory text, or even in lieu of a text. Book jacket. show less

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Elliot Aronson is one of the most eminent and versatile psychologists of our time. He is the only person in the 120-year history of the American Psychological Association to have won all three of its major awards: Distinguished Research (1999), Distinguished Teaching (1973), and Distinguished Writing (1975). In addition, among his many honors are show more the Gordon Allport Prize for his contributions to the betterment of intergroup relations and the Donald Campbell Award for distinguished research in social psychology. In 1981, he was named Professor of the Year by the American Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Inducted in 1992, he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2007, he was named a William James Fellow in commemoration of a lifetime of creative contributions to scientific psychology. show less

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Canonical DDC/MDS
301.108; 301.1; 301; 301.1'08

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Sociology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
301.108Society, Government, and CultureSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySociology and anthropologyFormerly: Social psychology
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HM251 .A789Social sciencesSociology (General)SociologyThese are obsolete numbers no longer used
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