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Book SynopsisYou are a member of a social world on a planet that is home to about 8 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, 5th 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. After reading this book, you will have a much better understanding of people. Thoroughly updated with the latest research and thinking, the new edition includes expanded coverage of social media use and loneliness, findings on mimicry, nonbinary gender theory, anti-LGBTQ+ prejudice and more.
Table of Contents1. The Mission and the Method. 2. Culture and Nature. 3. The Self. 4. Choices and Actions: The Self in Action. 5. Social Cognition. 6. Emotion and Affect. 7. Attitudes, Beliefs, and Consistency. 8. Social Influence and Persuasion. 9. Prosocial Behavior: Doing What's Best for Others. 10. Aggression and Antisocial Behavior. 11. Interpersonal Attraction and Exclusion. 12. Close Relationships: Passion, Intimacy, and Sexuality. 13. Prejudice and Intergroup Relations. 14. Groups.
