This revised edition of Game Theory and Experimental Games: The Study of Strategic Interaction provides a user-friendly introduction to the fundamental ideas of mathematical game theory together with a survey of experimental gaming and other major applications in social psychology, decision theory, economics, sociology, operational research, politics, evolutionary biology, and moral philosophy.

This book describes the advances and insights made by social scientists from around the world into the understanding and resolution of social dilemmas. Each chapter discusses its own research findings against the background of a more comprehensive view of social dilemnas.

The Theory of reasoned action explores the theory and emphirical reserach in to the factors which influence whether people engage in high-risk practices, with specific reference to AIDS education.

It is common sense that our survival as individuals depends on the survival of our physical bodies. However, common sense has been medicalised. Terms such as 'road rage' and 'premenstrual syndrome' sound like medical problems and suggest that it is affected individuals, rather than experiences or circumstances that require treatment.
Without denying their importance, Rival Truths challenges four basic common sense views of health and illness and offers rival social psychological explanations. The primacy of biological facts is challenged by looking at the effects of social...

This book describes the advances and insights made by social scientists from around the world into the understanding and resolution of social dilemmas. Each chapter discusses its own research findings against the background of a more comprehensive view of social dilemmas.

'The Theory of Reasoned Action' explores the theory and empirical research into the factors which influence whether people engage in high-risk practices, with specific reference to AIDS education.

Personal Relationships Across the Lifespan presents a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the role of personal relationships in people's lives.
Highlighting areas of special significance and research interest at each major life-stage, Patricia Noller, Judith A. Feeney and Candida Peterson, examine how close relationships develop over time and influence individual adjustment. They explore a wide range of relationships, including some that are often neglected, such as those with siblings, adult children and elderly parents. They also look at alternative family forms, such as...