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Empowering Asian Youth through Volunteering: Examples of Theory into Practice by Elaine Suk Ching Liu
RRP: $79.78$70.10This book describes the origin, development and current state of volunteerism in Asia and Hong Kong. It also presents a field-tested model of empowering through volunteerism (namely, the CYEP at City University), that involves youth, governmental and... -
Misperceptions of the Social World: What We Get Wrong About Sex, Race, Money, and Violence by Eric Beasley
$106.97This volume elucidates some of the very concrete ways in which Americans misperceive the social world and how we are all subject to biases and illusions. As such, it challenges the assumption in much social science theorizing that people are rational... -
Stereotyping as Inductive Hypothesis Testing by Klaus Fiedler
$81.98Traditional social hypotheses have a built-in tendency to verify themselves and so involuntarily resist attempts at stereotype change or correction. This is the insight demonstrated and discussed as the start point for an alternative approach to the... -
Ruminative Thoughts: Advances in Social Cognition, Volume IX by Robert S. Wyer
$94.46Until recently, most theory and research in social information processing has focused attention on the cognitive activity that underlies responses to stimulus information presented in the immediate situation being investigated. In contrast, people's... -
Family, Gender and Kinship in Australia: The Social and Cultural Logic of Practice and Subjectivity by Allon J. Uhlmann
RRP: $283.50$246.29This ethnographically-based exploration draws on sociological, historical and demographic data to provide a comprehensive analysis of family, gender and kinship in Australia, which informs modern kinship and gender at large. Allon Uhlmann charts the... -
Power and Identity by Denis Sindic
$94.46The concepts of power and identity are vital to many areas of social research. In this edited collection, a prominent set of contributors explore the double relationship between power and group identity, focusing on two complementary lines of enquiry: ... -
Neuroeconomics of Prosocial Behavior: The Compassionate Egoist by Carolyn Declerck 9780128013038
RRP: $77.68$70.31This summary of recent research in neuroeconomics aims to explain how and why a person can sometimes be generous, helpful, and cooperative, yet other times behave in a self-interested and/or exploitative manner. The book explains a dual process of... -
Technologies of Sexiness: Sex, Identity, and Consumer Culture by Adrienne Evans 9780199914760
RRP: $157.50$123.17Key cultural shifts have enabled a "new sexualization" of women. Neoliberal, consumerist, and postfeminist media culture have shaped ways of understanding female sexuality, embodied by the figure of the choosing, empowered, entrepreneurial... -
Threat to Democracy: The Appeal of Authoritarianism in an Age of Uncertainty Fathali M. Moghaddam 9781433830709
RRP: $77.70$65.462020 PROSE Award FinalistThis book explores the recent international decline in democracy and the psychological appeal of authoritarianism in the context of rapid globalization. The rise of populist movements and leaders across the globe has produced... -
Sociologies of Interaction Alex Dennis (Sheffield University) 9780745646077
RRP: $37.78$33.68Social interaction lies at the heart of our everyday experience. We make our way down the street and avoid crashing into others, take our place in the supermarket queue, take care in the way we talk about others in conversation, acknowledge the social... -
From Traitor to Zealot: Exploring the Phenomenon of Side-Switching in Extremism and Terrorism by Daniel Koehler
RRP: $210.00$179.26What makes a neo-Nazi become a convinced anti-fascist or a radical left-winger become a devout Salafist? How do they manage to fit into their new environment and gain acceptance as a former enemy? The people featured in this book made highly puzzling... -
Social Psychology, Third Edition Arie W. Kruglanski 9781462550241
$114.11This definitive work--now extensively revised with virtually all new chapters--has introduced generations of researchers to the psychological processes that underlie social behavior. What sets the book apart is its unique focus on the basic principles... -
The Use and Abuse of Power Annette Y. Lee-Chai 9781841690230
$133.01A compilation of works from prominent researchers, promoting both a panoramic and multilevel understanding of this complex construct, with focus on power as a cause of social ills and remedies to prevent corruption and abuse.About the AuthorAnnette Y... -
Stop People Pleasing: How to Start Saying No, Set Healthy Boundaries, and Express Yourself by Chase Hill 9781087921501
$42.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087921501Author Chase HillFormat HardbackPage Count 172Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm -
How You Say It: Why We Judge Others by the Way They Talk - And the Costs of This Hidden Bias by Katherine D Kinzler
RRP: $37.78$21.55From "one of the most brilliant young psychologists of her generation" (Paul Bloom), a groundbreaking examination of how speech causes some of our deepest social divides-and how it can help us overcome them We gravitate toward people like us; it's... -
The Opinionated Middle Ground: Consensus is Possible and Polarization is Curable by John Scott Cowan 9781990823534
RRP: $39.88$27.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990823534Author John Scott CowanFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. -
Microaggression Theory: Influence and Implications Gina C. Torino 9781119420040
RRP: $109.10$96.43Get to know the sociopolitical context behind microaggressions Microaggressions are brief, everyday exchanges that send denigrating messages to certain individuals because of their group membership (e.g., race, gender, culture, religion, social class,... -
Genealogy, Psychology and Identity: Tales from a family tree Paula Nicolson (Emeritus Professor, University of London (Royal Holloway), UK) 9781138998674
RRP: $79.78$70.64The popularity of amateur genealogy and family history has soared in recent times. Genealogy, Psychology and Identity explores this popular international pastime and offers reasons why it informs our sense of who we are, and our place in both... -
Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom 9780062339348
RRP: $41.98$20.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062339348Author Paul BloomFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
The Altruism Equation: Seven Scientists Search for the Origins of Goodness by Lee Alan Dugatkin 9780691242132
RRP: $46.20$36.46In a world supposedly governed by ruthless survival of the fittest, why do we see acts of goodness in both animals and humans? This problem plagued Charles Darwin in the 1850s as he developed his theory of evolution through natural selection. Indeed,... -
Social Comparison and Social Psychology: Understanding Cognition, Intergroup Relations, and Culture by Serge Guimond 9780521608442
RRP: $92.38$84.21Much of our knowledge about ourselves, and about the world in which we live, is based on a process of social comparison. Our tendency to appraise events, objects, people, and social groups by making comparisons has captured the interest of social... -
Out in Time: The Public Lives of Gay Men from Stonewall to the Queer Generation by Perry N. Halkitis
RRP: $65.08$46.56The civil rights of LGBTQ people have slowly yet steadily strengthened since the Stonewall Riots of June, 1969. Despite enormous opposition from some political segments and the catastrophic effects of the AIDS crisis, the last five decades have seen... -
Identity in Modern Society: A Social Psychological Perspective Bernd Simon, Prof. 9780631227472
RRP: $86.00$75.37This book is a social psychological inquiry into identity in modern society. Starts from the social psychological premise that identity results from interaction in the social world.Reviews and integrates the most influential strands of contemporary... -
Suicide in Modern Literature: Social Causes, Existential Reasons, and Prevention Strategies by Josefa Ros Velasco 9783030693916
$115.56This book analyzes the social and contextual causes of suicide, the existential and philosophical reasons for committing suicide, and the prevention strategies that modern fictional literature places at our disposal. They go through the review of Modern... -
Darwin's Bridge: Uniting the Humanities and Sciences by Joseph Carroll 9780190231217
$131.69Darwin's Bridge: Uniting the Humanities and Sciences explores the meaning of consilience and considers the unity of human evolution, human nature, social dynamics, art, and narrative. The term "consilience" in its modern usage was first established by... -
Finding Meaning: An Existential Quest in Post-Modern Israel by Ofra Mayseless 9780190910358
RRP: $168.00$152.59From its trendy urban centers to its ancient deserts, Israel's history is based on the rich heritage of traditions and contradictions. It is known as a start-up nation, with hospitable and warm interpersonal relationships, and a steady high-ranked... -
Lighter As We Go: Virtues, Character Strengths, and Aging by Mindy Greenstein
RRP: $36.73$26.99The fears of aging have been one long cascading domino effect through the years: twenty year-olds dread thirty; forty year-olds fear fifty; sixty fears seventy, and so it goes. And there is something to worry about, though it isn't what you'd expect:... -
Environmental Aesthetics: Theory, Research, and Application by Jack L. Nasar 9780521429160
RRP: $98.68$89.73How do people react to the visual character of their surroundings? What can planners do to improve the aesthetic quality of these surroundings? Too often in environmental design is misunderstood as only a minor concern, dependent on volatile taste and... -
Social Skills & Communication Mastery (2 in 1): Conquer Conversations & Upgrade Your Charisma. Learn How To Analyze People, Overcome Shyness & Boost Your Emotional Intelligence (EQ) by Stewart Hunter 9781801342261
RRP: $50.38$35.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781801342261Author Stewart HunterFormat HardbackPage Count 202Imprint Devon House PressPublisher Devon House PressWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Post-Capitalist Subjectivity in Literature and Anti-Psychiatry: Reconceptualizing the Self Beyond Capitalism by Hans A. Skott-Myhre
RRP: $83.98$73.63Through the examination of anti-psychiatric theory and literary texts, this timely and thought-provoking volume explores the possibilities of liberating our habitual patterns of perception and consciousness beyond the confines of a capitalist era.In... -
One Nation, Two Realities: Dueling Facts in American Democracy by Morgan Marietta 9780190677176
RRP: $81.88$75.50The deep divides that define politics in the United States are not restricted to policy or even cultural differences anymore. Americans no longer agree on basic questions of fact. Is climate change real? Does racism still determine who gets ahead? Is... -
Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View by Stanley Milgram 9780061765216
$24.15In the 1960s, Stanley Milgram carried out a series of experiments in which human subjects were given progressively more painful electro-shocks in a careful calibrated series to determine to what extent people will obey orders even when they knew them to... -
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell 9780316056281
$15.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316056281Author Malcolm GladwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Little, Brown & Company -
False Prophets: Studies on Authoritarianism Leo Lowenthal 9781412857017
RRP: $92.38$80.72The studies in this volume deal with problems of authoritarianism and anti-Semitism. Lowenthal's book length contribution, "Prophets of Deceit," which begins this collection, is a classic of political psychology. This research study is followed by an... -
Racial Trauma in the School System: Naming the Pain by Connesia Handford
RRP: $62.98$55.94Racial Trauma in the School System provides foundational and clinical information for school-based mental health professionals to better understand and address the nuanced experience of racial trauma in their school. The book focuses on conceptualizing... -
Psychodrama in Brazil: Contemporary Applications in Mental Health, Education, and Communities by Heloisa Junqueira Fleury
RRP: $251.98$230.06This book approaches contemporary psychodrama from many contexts and population application from different regions of Brazil. It presents the diversity of local culture, the originality with which psychodramatic philosophy emerges in the Brazilian... -
Freely Determined: What the New Psychology of the Self Teaches Us About How to Live by Kennon M Sheldon
RRP: $52.50$34.78A renowned psychologist argues that free will is not only real but essential to our well-being It's become fashionable to argue that free will is a fiction: that we humans are in the thrall of animal urges and unconscious biases and only think that we... -
Social Psychology: A Critical Agenda Rex Stainton Rogers (Reading University) 9780745611839
RRP: $62.98$55.94This is a major textbook in social psychology which deliberately adopts a critical, unconventional approach. Until recently social psychology seemed to have escaped relatively lightly from the climate of critical questioning which has characterized other... -
Culture and Subjective Well-Being by Edward Diener 9780262541466
$78.86The question of what constitutes the good life has been pondered for millennia. Yet only in the last decades has the study of well-being become a scientific endeavor. This book is based on the idea that we can empirically study quality of life and make... -
Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Intergroup Processes Rupert Brown (University of Sussex) 9781405106542
RRP: $121.70$107.56This volume will provide an authoritative, state of the art overview of the field of intergroup processes. The volume is divided into nine major sections on cognition, motivation, emotion, communication and social influence, changing intergroup...