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Readings About The Social Animal
This collection of classic and contemporary articles on important ideas and issues in social psychology complements "The Social Animal 10th Edition", by Elliot Aronson but can be used with any introductory social psychology text.
Paperback, 532 pages
Published
August 10th 2007
by Worth Publishers
(first published 1973)
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It might be surprising that I gave this book 3 stars, considering the lone 1 star and deep criticisms I gave to the book it supplements: The Social Animal, Ninth Edition by the same author, Elliot Aronson. However, it is important to compare the purposes of each book.
The Social Animal (TSA) is meant to be a primary text on the subject of social psychology and in that it is utterly inadequate. Readings about the Social Animal (RATSA) is meant to be a collection of key research studies in the fie...more
The Social Animal (TSA) is meant to be a primary text on the subject of social psychology and in that it is utterly inadequate. Readings about the Social Animal (RATSA) is meant to be a collection of key research studies in the fie...more
Required reading in my grad social psyc course. Would also be appropriate for undergrad. It serves as a nice bridge from a classic social psyc. text to a typical, current article in Journal of Personality and Social Psyc. It contains excerpts from classic social psyc studies in years gone by, so students get exposure to those in a very readable format.
This is a fantastic book. I've had a copy for years that I've worn out. Makes for great beach reading. Make sure you bring your horn-rim glasses and steely judgemental stare you aim at everyone who walks by whom you think is judging you. They don't understand the depth of your soul. You are a scientist. While they hook up at tourist bars full of college kids and cougars, you'll be sitting in your weekend rental, learning the inner workings of human behavior. Why did you agree to go on spring bre...more
A collection of articles on the most influential social psych experiments of the postwar era. These are journal articles, so they aren't exactly enjoyable to read.
Haven't started this one yet but it's got a cartoon dog on the cover. Looks promising!
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Elliot Aronson (Born January 1932) is listed among the 100 most eminent psychologist of the 20th Century, best known for his Jigsaw Classroom experiments, cognitive dissonance research, and bestselling Social Psychology textbooks. He is the only person in the 120-year history of the American Psychological Association to have won all three of its major awards: For distinguished writing (1973), for...more
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