Exploring Social Psychology, Second Canadian Edition, is a brief, modular source for exploring how social thinking, social influence, and social relations are relevant to our everyday experiences. With its new four-colour design, simplified pedagogy, and 24 modules,
Exploring Social Psychology gives instructors the ability, and flexibility, to cover the essential concepts in social psychology in a 12-week course.
Canadian author Steven Smith brings a unique Canadian perspective to this text; matching David Myers's renowned audience-focused writing style, he uses situational dilemmas, anecdotal profiles of Canadian social psychologists and their research, and examples taken from familiar aspects of the Canadian experience to illustrate theories and concepts and engage and sustain readers' interest and critical-thinking skills while doing so.
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David G. Myers (davidmyers.org) is a Professor of Psychology at Michigan's Hope College, where students have voted him "Outstanding Professor"." Also an award-winning researcher, 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 three dozen journals, including Science, American Scientist, Psychological Science, and American Psychologist. He has served his discipline as consulting editor to the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. In his spare time, he has chaired his city’s Human Relations Commission, helped found a community action agency that assists impoverished families, has spoken to hundreds of collegiate and religious groups, and became an advocate for an assistive listening technology that serves fellow people with hearing loss (hearingloop.org).
Steven M. Smith is a Professor of Psychology and the Dean of Science at Saint Mary's University in Halifax. He completed his B.A. (Honours) at Bishop's University in Lennoxville, Quebec, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Social Psychology at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Smith regularly teaches Social Behaviour, Attitudes and Persuasion, and Psychology and Law. His lectures are well received, and he has been nominated for the Saint Mary's University Student Association Faculty of Arts Teaching Award.
He is an active researcher, and he is dedicated to applying his theoretical work to real-world concerns. His research has been supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation, the Nova Scotia Gaming Foundation, and a number of private organizations. His work has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Law & Human Behavior, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Social Psychology and Personality Science, and Psychophysiology.
He has lent his expertise to a number of community organizations, particularly advising on communication and social marketing issues. His wife, Isabel, is a clinical developmental psychologist, and together they have two fantastic but heavily analyzed children, Sydney and Dylan.
