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Risk and Reason: Safety, Law, and the Environment by Cass R. Sunstein 9780521016254
RRP: $56.68$46.85What should be done about airplane safety and terrorism, global warming, polluted water, nuclear power, and genetically engineered food? All over the globe, risks to safety, health, and the environment are a subject of intense interest. Too much of the... -
Psychosocial Analysis of the Pandemic and Its Aftermath: Hoping for a Magical Undoing by Bruno Boccara 9780761873563
RRP: $33.58$29.99This manifesto is motivated by the daunting psychosocial issues that were so strikingly revealed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Of particular interest is the collective denial of facts, which resulted in public health policy mistakes and fostered distrust. In... -
Prosocial Behaviour Hans-Werner Bierhoff 9780863777745
$87.65How can social bonds in society be strengthened? How do we learn and develop prosocial behaviour?This comprehensive textbook provides up-to-date coverage of the social phenomenon of prosocial behaviour, incorporating all the major developments in the... -
Emotional Amoral Egoism: A Neurophilosophy of Human Nature and Motivations by Nayef Al-Rodhan
RRP: $52.50$41.83What makes us who we are? Are we born good or evil? Do we have free will? What drives our behaviour and why? Can technology change what it means to be human? In this thoroughly revised second edition of Emotional Amoral Egoism, Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan... -
A Passion for Ignorance: What We Choose Not to Know and Why by Renata Salecl 9780691240992
RRP: $37.78$28.96An original and provocative exploration of our capacity to ignore what is inconvenient or traumaticIgnorance, whether passive or active, conscious or unconscious, has always been a part of the human condition, Renata Salecl argues. What has changed in... -
Not in My Family: German Memory and Responsibility After the Holocaust by Roger Frie 9780199372553
RRP: $73.48$55.23Even as the Holocaust grows more distant with the passing of time, its traumas call out to be known and understood. What is remembered, what has been imparted through German heritage, and what has been forgotten? Can familiar family stories be... -
Copycats and Contrarians: Why We Follow Others... and When We Don't by Michelle Baddeley
$42.82A multidisciplinary exploration of our human inclination to herd and why our instinct to copy others can be dangerous in today's interlinked world Rioting teenagers, tumbling stock markets, and the spread of religious terrorism appear to have little in... -
ISIS Propaganda: A Full-Spectrum Extremist Message by Stephane J. Baele 9780190932466
RRP: $97.63$63.69This book offers a comprehensive overview and analysis of the Islamic State's use of propaganda. Combining a range of different theoretical perspectives from across the social sciences, and using rigorous methods, the authors trace the origins of the... -
Feral City: On Finding Liberation in Lockdown New York by Jeremiah Moss
RRP: $46.18$38.96Author, social critic and "New York City's career elegist" (The New York Times), Jeremiah Moss felt alienated in a town that had become suburbanised and sanitised. Then lockdown launched an unprecedented urban experiment: What happens when an entire... -
Ideology and Opinions: Studies in Rhetorical Psychology by Prof. Michael Billig 9780803983328
RRP: $115.50$100.86In this thought-provoking book, Billig presents major essays which develop and illustrate his rhetorical approach to social psychology. His position is that everyday thinking, including the holding of opinions, is of its essence both rhetorical and... -
Health, Happiness, and Well-Being: Better Living Through Psychological Science by Steven Jay Lynn 9781452203171
RRP: $121.80$99.92Health, Happiness, and Well-Being provides readers with a panoramic view of what the best psychological science has to offer regarding how to attain physical health and optimum psychological functioning. Students, faculty, general readers, and... -
Demystifying Emotions: A Typology of Theories in Psychology and Philosophy by Agnes Moors
RRP: $199.50$180.29Demystifying Emotions provides a comprehensive typology of emotion theories in psychology (evolutionary, network, appraisal, goal-directed, psychological constructionist, and social) and philosophy (feeling, judgmental, quasi-judgmental, perceptual,... -
The Psychology of Diversity: Beyond Prejudice and Racism James M. Jones (University of Delaware, USA) 9781405162142
RRP: $65.00$58.93The Psychology of Diversity presents a captivating social-psychological study of diversity, the obstacles confronting it, and the benefits it provides. Goes beyond prejudice and discrimination to discuss the personal and social implications of... -
The Psychology of Good and Evil: Why Children, Adults, and Groups Help and Harm Others by Ervin Staub
RRP: $92.38$79.70This book gathers the knowledge gained in a lifelong study of the roots of goodness and evil. Since the late 1960s, Ervin Staub has studied the causes of helpful, caring, generous, and altruistic behavior. He has also studied bullying and victimization... -
The Social Psychology of Stigma Todd F. Heatherton 9781572309425
$99.41The devaluation of those perceived as different has profound repercussions both for individuals and for society. This book brings together leading researchers to present groundbreaking findings on such topics as the dimensions of stigma, why people... -
The Self Explained: Why and How We Become Who We Are Roy F. Baumeister 9781462553792
$83.45The idea of the self is immediately familiar to everyone, yet elusive to define and understand. From pioneering researcher Roy F. Baumeister, this volume synthesizes a vast body of knowledge to provide a panoramic view of the human self--how it develops... -
Masochism and the Self Roy F. Baumeister 9781138876064
RRP: $113.38$99.18This volume provides an integrative theory firmly grounded in current psychology of the self, and offers a fresh, compelling account of one of psychology's most enigmatic behavior patterns. Professor Baumeister provides comprehensive coverage of... -
Risk and 'The Other' by Helene Joffe 9780521669696
RRP: $65.08$49.98From earthquakes to epidemics, AIDS to industrial accidents, the mass media continually bring into our daily lives the awareness of risk. But how do people respond to this increased awareness? How do people cope with living in what has been termed 'the... -
Supernatural: Death, Meaning, and the Power of the Invisible World by Clay Routledge 9780190629427
RRP: $77.68$58.70Humans are existential animals. We are all fully aware of our fragility, transience, and potential cosmic insignificance. Our ability to ponder the big questions about death and meaning and the anxiety that these questions can provoke have motivated us... -
Foundations of Sensation and Perception George Mather 9781032371375
RRP: $104.98$92.06Foundations of Sensation and Perception offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the science of sensation and perception. It covers all the human senses and answers many questions, such as why movies are so convincing, how ventriloquism... -
The Social Amplification of Risk by Nick Pidgeon 9780521520447
RRP: $104.98$91.18The management of and communication about risks has become a major question of public policy and intellectual debate in the modern world. The social amplification of risk framework describes how both social and individual factors act to amplify or dampen... -
Working Together: Practicing the Science of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by Mikki Hebl 9780197744383
RRP: $56.68$47.88The racial and gender reckonings exemplified by the #BLM and #MeToo Movements shine light on biases that affect every part of life, including the workplace. An unspoken truth underlying the terrible events that fuel these movements-the deaths of George... -
Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect by Matthew D Lieberman
RRP: $37.80$23.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for L.A. Times Book Prize (Science and Tech) 2013.Book InformationISBN 9780307889102Author Matthew D. LiebermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Crown... -
Race, Gender and the Activism of Black Feminist Theory: Working with Audre Lorde Suryia Nayak 9781848721753
RRP: $79.78$70.64Beginning from the premise that psychology needs to be questioned, dismantled and new perspectives brought to the table in order to produce alternative solutions, this book takes an unusual transdisciplinary step into the activism of Black feminist... -
The Science of Diversity by Mona Sue Weissmark
RRP: $115.50$92.97The Science of Diversity uses a multidisciplinary approach to excavate the theories, principles, and paradigms that illuminate our understanding of the issues surrounding human diversity, social equality, and justice. The book brings these to the surface... -
Social Beings: Core Motives in Social Psychology Susan T. Fiske (Princeton University) 9781119492733
RRP: $159.50$142.15It is a nearly universal truth that people need people; humans have adapted to life with other humans, and the interactions and relationships that result are the most relevant adaptation environment. This book explores the core motives and goals that... -
Human Aggression and Violence: Causes, Manifestations, and Consequences Phillip R. Shaver 9781433808593
RRP: $92.40$78.14In this comprehensive book, editors Phillip R. Shaver and Mario Mikulincer have assembled chapters from international experts to provide a broad-based and multidisciplinary analysis of aggression and violence, their negative consequences, and promising... -
Social Identity: Context, Commitment, Content Naomi Ellemers 9780631206910
RRP: $96.50$85.72Social identity has been at the heart of European experimental social psychology for the past 25 years, and has been of growing interest in North America during the past decade where research in the field has expanded significantly. This text fills the... -
Social Psychology of Social Problems: The Intergroup Context by Agnieszka Golec de Zavala 9780230284753
$91.18Why do we protest? What compels us to participate in crowd violence? Can gender discrimination in the workplace be explained in psychological terms? From terrorist attacks to political uprisings, the social problems that have shaped the beginning of the... -
Remembering as Reparation: Psychoanalysis and Historical Memory by Karl Figlio 9781349955497
RRP: $48.28$35.55This book brings together psychoanalysis, clinical and theoretical, with history in a study of remembering as reparation: not compensation, but recognition of the actuality of perpetration and the remorseful urge to rejuvenate whatever represents this... -
Mutual Radicalization: How Groups and Nations Drive Each Other to Extremes by Fathali M. Moghaddam 9781433829239
RRP: $92.40$77.30Author featured on the hit NetFlix series How to Become A Tyrant! Also by the author, Threat to Democracy: The Appeal of Authoritarianism in an Age of Uncertainty, a timely read for our current political environment, which was mentioned on NPR... -
Encouraging Pro-Environmental Behaviour: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why by Wokje Abrahamse 9780128113592
RRP: $123.88$115.96Encouraging Pro-Environmental Behavior: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why examines the main drivers of human behavior related to environmental sustainability and how we can encourage environmental behavior change in humans. The book explores the... -
The Psychology of Conspiracy by Michal Bilewicz
RRP: $88.18$77.78Why did the third World Trade Center building (WTC7) collapse on September 11th , even though it was not struck by any aircraft?Why did Princess Diana's "drunk" driver look sober as he climbed into the car minutes before their deadly accident? Could a... -
The Social Outcast: Ostracism, Social Exclusion, Rejection, and Bullying Kipling D. Williams 9781138006133
RRP: $109.18$96.47This book focuses on the ubiquitous and powerful effects of ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying. Human beings are an intrinsically gregarious species. Most of our evolutionary success is no doubt due to our highly developed ability to... -
The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Prejudice: Concise Student Edition by Fiona Kate Barlow 9781108444361
RRP: $60.88$56.74The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Prejudice: Concise Student Edition aims to answer the questions: why is prejudice so persistent? How does it affect people exposed to it? And what can we do about it? With cutting-edge research from top... -
Language and the Politics of Emotion by Catherine A. Lutz 9780521388689
RRP: $65.08$53.45Emotions have long been a central concern in philosophy, psychological and sociological studies. When anthropologists began to study emotion, they challenged many assumptions shared by Western academics and lay persons by exposing the cultural... -
The Narrative Complexity of Ordinary Life: Tales from the Coffee Shop by William Lowell Randall 9780190675134
RRP: $67.18$42.99Our everyday lives are enmeshed in storytelling: the stories we tell about our memories, the people we know, and the world we inhabit; those we tell about our families and communities; and the narratives we encounter in books, movies, and television... -
The Social Psychology of Gender, Second Edition: How Power and Intimacy Shape Gender Relations Laurie A. Rudman 9781462546794
$99.41Noted for its accessibility, this text--now revised and updated to reflect a decade of advances in the field--examines how attitudes and beliefs about gender profoundly shape all aspects of daily life. From the schoolyard to the workplace to dating, sex,... -
Climate Change and Human Behavior: Impacts of a Rapidly Changing Climate on Human Aggression and Violence by Andreas Miles-Novelo
RRP: $35.70$30.91Much of the current rhetoric surrounding climate change focuses on the physical changes to the environment and the resulting material damage to infrastructure and resources. Although there has been some dialogue about secondary effects (namely mass... -
Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Group Processes Michael A. Hogg (Claremont Graduate University) 9781405106535
RRP: $115.40$103.05This handbook provides an authoritative, up-to-date overview of the social psychology of group processes. The topics covered include group decisions, juries, group remembering, roles, status, leadership, social identity and group membership,...