false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342202m/165730.jpg 165730 3 <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B><I>Social Psychology: Goals in Interaction </I></B><B>explores how social behavior is goal-directed and a result of interactions between the person and the situation. </B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">In addition to an overhauled design in the 4e, <I>Social Psychology: Goals in Interaction </I>has two elements that continue to set it apart from other social psychology textbooks.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B>A unique integrated approach to social behavior:</B> Rather than providing a laundry list of unconnected facts and theories, the authors organize each chapter around the two broad questions: (1) what are the goals that underlie the behavior in question? (2) what factors in the person and the situation connect to each goal? The book thus presents the discipline as a coherent framework for understanding human behavior. The new subtitle, “Goals in Interaction” underscores this integrated approach to understanding behavior. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B>Opening mysteries:</B> Each chapter begins with a mystery of social behavior, designed not only to grab student interest, but also to organize the ensuing discussion of scientific research: Why would a poor black washerwoman give away her hard-earned life-savings? What psychological forces led the Dalai Lama, the most exalted personage in Tibet, to forge a lifelong friendship with a foreign vagabond openly scorned by Tibetan peasants? Why would a boy falsely confess to murdering his own mother?</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> 160020 10 12 2006 Social Psychology: Goals in Interaction (4th Edition) (MyPsychLab Series) total:10|5:3|4:4|3:3| 10 40 14 2 5 0 false false Sun Jun 14 22:57:39 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 22:59:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 08 10:45:34 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 08 23:22:26 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 08 10:45:34 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jul 12 03:03:43 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 03:03:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Apr 14 14:38:28 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 14:38:28 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Apr 03 06:20:54 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 06:20:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 22 18:58:48 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 18:58:48 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 08 21:30:42 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 21:30:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Feb 01 21:19:37 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 21:19:41 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Dec 16 18:33:54 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 18:33:54 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Wed Nov 05 22:13:50 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 22:13:50 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Nov 22 21:04:38 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 27 20:27:29 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 22 21:04:38 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Oct 03 03:21:09 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 03:21:12 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Apr 19 19:22:16 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 19:22:16 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Dec 21 22:24:54 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 22:24:54 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=165730