Roy F. Baumeister

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Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

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http://baumeister.socialpsychology.org/

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Dr. Roy F. Baumeister is Social Psychology Area Director and Francis Eppes Eminent Scholar at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. He is a social psychologist who is known for his work on the self, social rejection, belongingness, sexuality, self-control, self-esteem, self-defeating behaviors, motivation, and aggression. And enduring theme of his work is "why people do stupid things." He has authored over 300 publications and has written or co-written over 20 books.

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Average rating: 3.91 · 1,443 ratings · 237 reviews · 38 distinct works

	Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney 3.91 avg rating — 1,288 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Evil 4.08 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Is There Anything Good about Men?: How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men 4.12 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Breaking Hearts: The Two Sides of Unrequited Love by Roy F. Baumeister, Sara R. Wotman 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Meanings of Life 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Cultural Animal: Human Nature, Meaning, and Social Life 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Escaping The Self: Alcoholism, Spirituality, Masochism, And Other Flights From The Burden Of Selfhood 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Losing Control: How and Why People Fail at Self-Regulation by Roy F. Baumeister, Todd F. Heatherton 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Social Psychology and Human Nature by Roy F. Baumeister, Brad J. Bushman 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Social Dimension of Sex by Roy F. Baumeister, Dianne M. Tice 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:

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