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The Social Neuroscience Of Empathy
Social Issues And Policy Review
The Social Psychology Of Gender : How Power And Intimacy Shape Gender Relations

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Laurie A. Rudman, Peter GlickPublication Details
BookGuilford Press2008Description
Gender relations are rife with contradictions and complexities. Exploring the full range of gender issues, this book offers students and researchers a fresh perspective on everyday experiences of gender; (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) HM1106 .R83 2008 AVAILABLE
The Watercooler Effect : A Psychologist Explores The Extraordinary Power Of Rumors

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Nicholas DiFonzoPublication Details
BookAvery2008Links
Description
A deeply revealing look at why we spread rumors, why we believe them, and how they affect our behavior. Psychologist Nicholas DiFonzo has studied hearsay for more than fifteen years, and in this book he shows that the process that gave rise to these troubling rumors is fundamentally the same as a tete-a`-tete around the company watercooler. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) HM1241 .D55 2008 AVAILABLE
Encyclopedia Of Social Psychology

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Roy F. Baumeister, Kathleen D. Vohs, editorsPublication Details
BookSage Publications2007Links
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Key Features (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS REFERENCE (MAIN) HM1007 .E53 2007 v.1 AVAILABLE REFERENCE (MAIN) HM1007 .E53 2007 v.2 AVAILABLE
The Social Psychology Of Good And Evil

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edited by Arthur G. MillerPublication Details
BookGuilford Press2004Links
Description
This compelling work brings together an array of distinguished scholars to explore key concepts, theories, and findings pertaining to some of the most fundamental issues in social life: the conditions under which people are kind and helpful to others or, conversely, under which they commit harmful, even murderous, acts. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) HM1116 .S63 2004 AVAILABLE
Dimensions Of Human Behavior. The Changing Life Course

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[edited by] Elizabeth D. HutchisonPublication Details
Book3rd edSage Publications2008Links
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The Third Edition of this powerful text aims to examine the human life course in nine age-graded periods, which include: 1) conception, pregnancy, and childbirth 2) infancy and toddlerhood 3) early childhood 4) middle childhood 5) adolescence 6) young adulthood 7) middle adulthood
late adulthood and 9) very late adulthood. Students can review chapter highlights and summaries, take practice quizzes, and study via student flash cards on the Web. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) HM1033 .D553 2008 AVAILABLE
Dimensions Of Human Behavior : Person And Environment

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[edited by] Elizabeth D. HutchisonPublication Details
Book3rd edSage Publications2008Links
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In this text, you will meet social workers and clients from a variety of work settings and situations who bring the passion and power of social work to life through engaging case studies found throughout the text. Intended Audience (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) HM1033 .D56 2008 AVAILABLE
Distracted : The Erosion Of Attention And The Coming Dark Age

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Maggie Jackson ; foreword by Bill McKibbenPublication Details
BookPrometheus Books2008Description
In her sweeping quest to unravel the nature of attention and detail its erosion, she introduces us to scientists, cartographers, marketers, educators, wired teens, virtual lovers from the telegraph age, and roboticists building smart machines to comfort and care for us. Jackson makes it clear that if we continue down this road of scattered attention spans and widespread societal ADD, we will be in danger of squandering and devaluing the essence of humanity, and our technological age could ultimately slip into cultural decline. It’s simultaneously an original expos (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E169.12 .J26 2008 AVAILABLE
The Age Of American Unreason

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Susan JacobyPublication Details
BookPantheon Books2008Links
Description
Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon–one that is at odds with our heritage of Enlightenment reason and with modern, secular knowledge and science. Disdain for logic and evidence defines a pervasive malaise fostered by the mass media, triumphalist religious fundamentalism, mediocre public education, a dearth of fair-minded public intellectuals on the right and the left, and, above all, a lazy and credulous public. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E169.Z83 J33 2008 AVAILABLE
Eros And Civilization : A Philosophical Inquiry Into Freud

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Herbert Marcuse. With a new preface by the authorPublication Details
BookBeacon1974Description
A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud “A philosophical critique of psychoanalysis that takes psychoanalysis seriously but not as unchallengeable dogma. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) BF173 .M3566 1974 AVAILABLE
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Rumor Psychology : Social And Organizational Approaches

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Nicholas DiFonzo and Prashant BordiaPublication Details
Book1st edAmerican Psychological Association2007Links
Description
In Rumor Psychology: Social and Organizational Approaches, expert rumor researchers Nicholas DiFonzo and Prashant Bordia investigate how rumors start and spread, the accuracy of different types of rumor, and how rumors can be controlled, particularly given their propagation across media outlets and within organizations. Rumor is closely entwined with a host of social and organizational phenomena, including social cognition, attitude formation and maintenance, prejudice and stereotyping, group dynamics, interpersonal and intergroup relations, social influence, and organizational trust and communication. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) HM1241 .D54 2007 AVAILABLE
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