Social Psychology: The Science of Everyday Life

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This remarkable new etextbook “Social Psychology: The Science of Everyday Life” (PDF) offers a fresh approach to the study of social psychology; integrating research; theory; and applications into a coherent; contemporary portrait of the field that no other available textbookfi can match.

Drawing on over fifty years of combined teaching and research; Greenberg; Arndt; Schmader; and Landau guide college students through the rich diversity of the science of social psychology and its insights into everyday life. The PDF ebook introduces psychology students to 5 broad perspectives on human social behavior: existential psychology; social cognition; evolutionary theory; cultural psychology; and social neuroscience. With these perspectives serving as recurring themes; each chapter organically weaves together explanations of theory; empirical findings; research methods; and applications; showing how social psychologists accumulate and apply knowledge toward understanding and solving tough real-world problems.