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10-Minute Social Psychology: The Critical Thinker's Guide to Social Behavior, Motivation, and Influence To Make Rational and Effective Decisions

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Would you like to instantly catch people’s thoughts, emotions, motivations and intentions through mere observation?
If yes, you’re in the right place!

10-Minute Social Psychology is a unique book that takes a deeper look into social what causes them, what keeps them alive, and most importantly – what you can do about them. The book presents how social awareness is built, and takes you step by step through the various mindset shifts and action items.

Using the best studies and lessons of social neuroscience and social psychology this book helps you understand how others influence your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Establishing a connection between raw biological and social cognition, the neuro-scientific method can have a tremendous impact on our behavior. Improve
- decision-making,
- critical thinking and reasoning,
- physical and mental health care,
- self-understanding.

10-Minute Social Psychology addresses social concerns such as discrimination, in- and out-group dynamics, competition-cooperation, social acceptability, and likability, using neuroscience and social psychology-backed data, giving guidelines and critical thinking practices to diminish these concerns.
Learn to predict and change others’ and our own behavior.
- How our understanding of social behavior can be expanded and improved?
- How do social processes impact the human brain?
- Which brain areas implement social behavior? Can we influence them?
Become more likable by becoming more empathetic.
-Tame the social categorization muscle in dimensions like gender, race, or age.
- What is the cost of social stress?
- How to become better at cooperation and competition?
- How to become less susceptible to social influence?

Humans are social creatures – our health and well-being partially depend on others. 10-Minute Social Psychology helps you to understand the critical function of how we make sense of and connect with people.

178 pages, Paperback

Published April 3, 2020

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Albert Rutherford

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50 reviews1 follower
January 4, 2025
2-3 stars. Good book and interesting but mostly stuff i learnt in my first year Psych classes. Still ok though.
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3 reviews
October 3, 2024
for someone that has family with cognitive impairment or diagnosed with alzheimer's disease, it's a quick read to get into understanding the details of a functioning brain.
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44 reviews
April 1, 2023
I guess you get what it says on the label, but this hovered around a 3.5. for me

It was quite interesting, but felt quite textbooky at the beginning: "here are 10 parts of the brain and what they all do" etc... I skipped that (quite substantial) part

It had a weird mix of going into not much detail and going into so many details where I lost the plot, but overall it was a fairly easy read and a good starting point as it mentions a couple of famous studies done.

It's a short read which is good if you are unsure whether to invest your time or not.
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22 reviews1 follower
March 9, 2023
10 Min Social Psychology

Great findings. Interesting references to social experiments. The author includes relatable situations in which we all conform to social norms. A short read but pertinent information. Overall, a 4 star read.
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60 reviews
July 15, 2021
The book is a fairly easy read and have a few good everyday points that some people can forget in their everyday life.
I would say that this bokk is a quick and easy reminder on how people should behave and it got me thinking about my own behaviour.

Even if the book do not go in to deepened on some medical behaviour it is still worth reading.
30 reviews
January 19, 2022
Ilustrates concepts


Good to read to remember things you already know and they have its name and for normal people its a good read to be aware of the social psychology.
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84 reviews
January 20, 2022
Interesting

Good read. If you're interested in learning a little about what drives people in social groups this is a good start.
62 reviews
December 5, 2023
Received as a giveaway. Some good basic info that probably could have been put into an article
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4 reviews
January 5, 2025
Read this book for a class assignment. It was alright, kind of repetitive to stuff I learned in undergrad.
77 reviews
October 3, 2025
Quick read but spot on

This was a good book with a basic overview of social psychology. It served as refresher for me and I enjoyed it.
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May 29, 2025
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I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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