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Using Industrial Organizational Psychology for the Greater Good: Helping Those Who Help Others
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 95.00This SIOP Organizational Frontiers volume will be one of the first to show how the field of Industrial Organizational psychology can help address societal concerns, and help focus research on the greater good of society. Contributions from worldwide experts showcase the power the IO community has to foster, promote and encourage pro social efforts.... more...
The Irrational Bundle
HarperCollins Publishers 2013; Not AvailableDan Ariely's three New York Times bestselling books on his groundbreaking behavioral economics research, Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, are now available for the first time in a single volume. more...
Cognitive Consistency
Guilford Publications 2012; US$ 87.00This volume provides an overview of recent research on the nature, causes, and consequences of cognitive consistency. In 21 chapters, leading scholars address the pivotal role of consistency principles at various levels of social information processing, ranging from micro-level to macro-level processes. The book's scope encompasses mental representation,... more...
What Makes a Hero?
Penguin Group US 2013; US$ 14.99An entertaining investigation into the biology and psychology of why we sacrifice for other people Researchers are now applying the lens of science to study heroism for the first time. How do biology, upbringing, and outside influences intersect to produce altruistic and heroic behavior? And how can we encourage this behavior in corporations,... more...
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty
HarperCollins 2013; US$ 12.99The New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality returns with thought-provoking work to challenge our preconceptions about dishonesty and urge us to take an honest look at ourselves. Does the chance of getting caught affect how likely we are to cheat? How do companies pave the way for... more...
Handbook of the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
Guilford Publications 2013; US$ 95.00Widely regarded as the definitive reference, this volume comprehensively examines the psychological processes associated with religion and spirituality. Leading scholars from multiple psychological subdisciplines present developmental, cognitive, social psychological, cultural, and clinical perspectives on this core aspect of human experience. The... more...
Race, Colour and the Processes of Racialization
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 37.99Is racial conflict determined by biology or society? So many conflicts appear to be caused by racial and ethnic differences; for example, the cities of Britain and America are regularly affected by race riots. It is argued by socio-biologists and some schools of psychoanalysis that our instincts are programmed to hate those different to us by evolutionary... more...
Age Structuring in Comparative Perspective
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 90.00This volume studies age as a basis for social organization by uniting research from the social science disciplines while implementing both cross-cultural and historical perspectives. The contributors, a distinguished interdisciplinary group of scholars, advance our understanding of age structuring by relating the changing societal level processes and... more...
The Construction of Social Judgments
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 110.00Researchers have been addressing social judgment from a cognitive perspective for more than 15 years. Within recent years, however, it has become increasingly clear that many of the models and assumptions initially adopted are in need of revision. The chapters in this volume point out where the original models and assumptions have fallen short, and... more...
Social Psychology and the Unconscious
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 73.95Evidence is mounting that we are not as in control of our judgments and behavior as we think we are. Unconscious or ?automatic? forms of psychological and behavioral processes are those of which we tend to be unaware, that occur without our intention or consent, yet influence us on a daily basis in profound ways. Automatic processes influence our... more...









