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  • The Science of Deception

    Psychology and Commerce in America

    by Michael Pettit ...
    During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans were fascinated with fraud. P. T. Barnum artfully exploited the American yen for deception, and even Mark Twain championed it, arguing that lying was virtuous insofar as it provided the glue for all interpersonal intercourse. But deception was not used solely to delight, and many fell prey to the schemes of con men and the wiles ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Governed By Affect

    Hot Cognition and the End of Cold War Psychology

    by Michael Pettit ...
    Series series New Histories of Psychology
    Governed by Affect offers a new history of psychology's contradictory and contested public life in the United States and beyond since World War II, with a special emphasis on a series of transformations which have occurred since the 1970s. For both policymakers and ordinary people, the discipline of psychology has come to furnish a seemingly inexhaustible array of tools and concepts for making ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

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  • Blindspot

    Hidden Biases of Good People

    by Mahzarin R. Banaji, Anthony G. Greenwald ...
    “Accessible and authoritative . . . While we may not have much power to eradicate our own prejudices, we can counteract them. The first step is to turn a hidden bias into a visible one. . . . What if we’re not the magnanimous people we think we are?”—The Washington PostI know my own mind.I am able to assess others in a fair and accurate way.These self-perceptions are challenged by leading ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Empire of Normality

    Neurodiversity and Capitalism

    by Robert Chapman ...
    ‘Groundbreaking … [provides] a deep history of the invention of the “normal” mind as one of the most damaging and oppressive tools of capitalism. To read it is to see the world more clearly’ Steve Silberman, author of NeuroTribes‘Argues that a radical politics of neurodiversity is necessary, not only for neurodivergent folk, but for our collective liberation’ Professor Hel Spandler, editor, Asylum ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Person and the Situation: Perspectives of Social Psychology

    by Lee Ross, Richard E Nisbett ...
    How does the situation we're in influence the way we behave and think? Professors Ross and Nisbett eloquently argue that the context we find ourselves in substantially affects our behavior in this timely reissue of one of social psychology's classic textbooks. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Social Psychology

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Richard J. Crisp ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Social psychology is about the people who populate our everyday lives, and how they affect our 'personal universe', defining who we are, and shaping our behaviour, beliefs, attitudes, and ideology. In an age where we've mapped the human genome and explored much of the physical world, the study of people's behaviour is one of the most exciting frontiers of scientific endeavor. In this Very Short ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Hogg Social Psychology

    by Michael Hogg, Graham Vaughan ...
    Gain a broad yet thorough understanding of Social Psychology, exploring both classic and contemporary theories, concepts and research.Social Psychology, 9th Edition by Michael Hogg and Graham Vaughan is a trusted, market-leading text that offers the most comprehensive coverage of Social Psychology in the market, and is an essential learning resource whether you are studying, teaching, or ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Case Study Research

    Principles and Practices

    by John Gerring ...
    Series series Strategies for Social Inquiry
    Case Study Research: Principles and Practices provides a general understanding of the case study method as well as specific tools for its successful implementation. These tools are applicable in a variety of fields including anthropology, business and management, communications, economics, education, medicine, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology. Topics include: a survey of ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Understanding Human Values

    by Milton Rokeach ...
    This volume presents theoretical, methodological, and empirical advances in understanding, and also in the effects of understanding, individual and societal values. ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Unfaithful Angels

    How Social Work Has Abandoned its Mission

    by Harry Specht, Mark E. Courtney ...
    In this provocative examination of the fall of the profession of social work from its original mission to aid and serve the underprivileged, Harry Specht and Mark Courtney show how America's excessive trust in individualistic solutions to social problems have led to the abandonment of the poor in this country.A large proportion of all certified social workers today have left the social services to ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Science of Social Influence

    Advances and Future Progress

    Edited by Anthony R. Pratkanis ...
    Series series Frontiers of Social Psychology
    The contributions to this volume capture the thrill of current work on social influence, as well as providing a tutorial on the scientific and technical aspects of this research. The volume teaches the student to:Learn how to conduct lab, field and case research on social influence through example by leading researchersFind out about the latest discoveries including the status of research on ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • An Analysis of Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman's Judgment under Uncertainty

    Heuristics and Biases

    by Camille Morvan, William J. Jenkins ...
    Series series The Macat Library
    Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman’s 1974 paper ‘Judgement Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases’ is a landmark in the history of psychology. Though a mere seven pages long, it has helped reshape the study of human rationality, and had a particular impact on economics – where Tversky and Kahneman’s work helped shape the entirely new sub discipline of ‘behavioral economics.’The paper investigates ... Read more

    $8.99 USD