Social Psychology and Human Nature, Brief Version

by Roy F. Baumeister, Brad J. Bushman

You are a member of a social world on a planet containing about 7 billion people. This social world is filled with paradox, mystery, suspense, and outright absurdity. Explore how social psychology can help you make sense of your own social world with this engaging and accessible book. Roy F. Baumeister and Brad J. Bushman?s SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN NATURE can help you make sense of the always fascinating and sometimes bizarre and baffling diversity of human behavior-and it?s also just plain interesting to learn about how and why people act the way they do.

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, Science, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published January 3, 2006

About the author

Dr. Roy F. Baumeister is Social Psychology Area Director and Francis Eppes Eminent Scholar at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. He is a social psychologist who is known for his work on the self, social rejection, belongingness, sexuality, self-control, self-esteem, self-defeating behaviors, motivation, and aggression. And enduring theme of his work is "why people do stupid things." He has authored over 300 publications and has written or co-written over 20 books.

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Reviews

[Jenna]

No offense but the male authors of this book were slightly biased.

[Grey]

It’s not very nice when you can tell the gender and sexuality of the authors by their biases flavoring a supposedly academic text, especially by 2023 where I own other textbooks that distinctly refute many of the biased assertions within the volume.

[Willa]

Excellent, informative, and entertaining.