Jeffry A. Simpson Douglas T. Kenrick Jeffry A. Simpson
What a pity it would have been if biologists had refused to accept Darwin's theory of natural selection. This theory has been essential in helping biologists understand a wide range of phenomena, including the resplendent display of the peacock, the melodious song of the meadowlark, the bloody competitions of elephant seals, and the co-operative architectural skills of termites who build air-conditioned mounds standing 15 feet above the ground.
What a pity it would have been if biologists had refused to accept Darwin's theory of natural selection. This theory has been essential in helping bio...
Over the course of the last four decades, Robert Cialdini's work has helped spark an intellectual revolution in which social psychological ideas have become increasingly influential. The concepts presented in his book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, have spread well beyond the geographic boundaries of North America and beyond the field of academic social psychology into the areas of business, health, and politics. In this book, leading authors, who represent many different countries and disciplines, explore new developments and the widespread impact of Cialdini's work in...
Over the course of the last four decades, Robert Cialdini's work has helped spark an intellectual revolution in which social psychological ideas have ...
Mark Schaller Jeffry A. Simpson Douglas T. Kenrick
Why do we think about and interact with other people in the particular ways that we do? Might these thoughts and actions be contemporary products of our long-ago evolutionary past? If so, how might this be, and what are the implications? Research generated by an evolutionary approach to social psychology issues profound insights into self-concept, impression formation, prejudice, group dynamics, helping, aggression, social influence, culture, and every other topic that is fundamental to social psychology.
Evolution and Social Psychology is the first book to review and discuss this broad...
Why do we think about and interact with other people in the particular ways that we do? Might these thoughts and actions be contemporary products o...
