Exploring Social Psychology, 6th Edition - Softcover

David G. Myers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0078035171 ISBN 13: 9780078035173

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2011

Synopsis

Based on the bestselling text, Social Psychology, 10th Edition, Exploring Social Psychology, 6th Edition succinctly explores social psychological science and its applications to contemporary issues and everyday life. Thirty-one short modules―each readable in a single sitting―introduce students to important social phenomena and to how scientists discover and explain such phenomena.

Throughout, students are challenged to think critically about such issues as:
· How does our thinking – both conscious and unconscious – drive our behavior?
· What leads people sometimes to hurt and sometimes to help one another?
· What kindles social conflict, and how can we transform closed fists into helping hands?

Answering these and other questions, Exploring Social Psychology, 6th Edition expands our self-understanding and sensitizes us to the social forces that pull our strings.

About this title

About the Author:

David Myers is the John Dirk Werkman Professor of Psychology at Hope College where he has taught for the past 30 years.  David Myers' love of teaching psychology has been rewarded by students on many occasions with numerous “Outstanding Professor” awards.  An award-winning researcher, Dr. Myers received the Gordon Allport Prize from Division 9 of the American Psychological Association for his work on group polarization.  His scientific articles have appeared in more than two dozen journals, including Science, American Scientist, Psychological Bulletin, and Psychological Science.  He has served his discipline as consulting editor to the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0078035171
• ISBN 13: 9780078035173
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 544