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Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
One of the world's most esteemed and influential psychologists, Roy F. Baumeister, teams with New York Times science writer John Tierney to reveal the...
Inside Human Violence and Cruelty
Why is there evil, and what can scientific research tell us about the origins and persistence of evil behavior? Considering evil from the unusual pers...
How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men
Have men really been engaged in a centuries-old conspiracy to exploit and oppress women? Have the essential differences between men and women really b...
Inside Human Cruelty and Violence
This study of human violence begins by describing the magnitude gap between the victim's viewpoint and that of the perpetrator. It then goes on to exp...
Selected Works of Roy Baumeister
In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces--extr...
Who among us has not at some point asked, what is the meaning of life?' In this extraordinary book, an eminent social scientist looks at the big pictu...
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NINE Morality and Prospection -- TEN Prospection Gone Awry: Depression -- ELEVEN Creativity and Aging: What We Can Make With What We Have Left -- Afte...
This volume provides an integrative theory firmly grounded in current psychology of the self, and offers a fresh, compelling account of one of psychol...
Cultural Change and the Struggle for Self
After delineating his theory of identity, the author draws on a wealth of historical, cultural, philosophical, literary, and psychological evidence to...
Why and How We Become Who We Are
The idea of the self is immediately familiar to everyone, yet elusive to define and understand. From pioneering researcher Roy F. Baumeister, this vol...
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN NATURE, 4th Edition, offers a remarkably fresh and compelling exploration of the fascinating field of social psychology. R...
You are a member of a social world on a planet that is home to about 7 billion people. This social world is filled with paradox, mystery, suspense, an...
And How to Overcome It
From the international bestselling authors of Willpower Why does a bad impression last longer than a good one? Why does losing money affect us more th...
Human Nature, Meaning, and Social Life
This book provides a coherent explanation of human nature, which is to say how people think, act, and feel, what they want, and how they interact with...
How and Why People Fail at Self-Regulation
Self-regulation refers to the self's ability to control its own thoughts, emotions, and actions. Through self-regulation, we consciously control how m...
The Two Sides of Unrequited Love
Artificial life refers to techniques that seek to re-create living organisms and creatures by computer, including simulation of behavior processes res...
Meeting Your Basic Needs
For courses in Human Sexuality found in departments of psychology, health, biology, nursing, physical education, sociology, and anthropology. This tex...
Alcoholism, Spirituality, Masochism, and Other Flights from the Burden of Selfhood
Based on the latest research in the field of social psychology, the author investigates the avenues of escape, from alcoholism to meditation, American...
The authors review the latest research to report key findings on willpower and offer practical advice for increasing it....
Contains entries arranged alphabetically from A to I that provide information on ideas and concepts in the field of social psychology....
Understanding The Paradox Of Self-defeating Behavior
From Ivan Boesky to John Belushi, from Mike Tyson to Gary Hart, the world is full of those who have had it all and have blown it. And every day, all a...
You are a member of a social world on a planet that is home to over 8 billion people. This social world is filled with paradox, mystery, suspense and ...
How Our Negativity Bias Rules Us and How We Can Rule It
Why does a bad impression last longer than a good one? Why does losing money affect us more than gaining it? What makes phobias so hard to shake? The ...
Economic and Psychological Perspectives of Intertemporal Choice
How do people decide whether to sacrifice now for a future reward or to enjoy themselves in the present? Do the future gains of putting money in a pen...
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN NATURE, 2ND EDITION offers a remarkably fresh and compelling exploration of the fascinating field of social psychology. Re...
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 out...
Alcoholism, Spirituality, Masochism, Other Flights From Burden Of Selfhood
Discusses the possible costs associated with the overemphasis on selfhood....
This CD-ROM includes videos on the topics and experiments discussed in the text, showing you the research that social psychologists are doing today....
Bridging Theory and Positive Psychology
"At first blush, free will seems obvious. Every day, people have the experience of making decisions, of choosing what to do. Planning a meeting or dat...
The Encyclopedia of Social Psychology is designed as a road map to this rapidly growing and important field and provides individuals with a simple, cl...
Conceived as a way of bringing the study of religion closer to mainstream psychology, this issue touches on a remarkable range of psychological phenom...
A Hedgefoxian Perspective
Philosophers have long tussled over whether moral judgments are the products of logical reasoning or simply emotional reactions. From Jane Austen's Se...