Social Psychology: Robert S. Feldman: United States Edition - Rilegato

Feldman, Robert S.

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ISBN 10: 0130274798 ISBN 13: 9780130274793

Casa editrice: Pearson College Div, 2000

Riassunto

This broad-based overview of the field of social psychology by best selling psychology author Bob Feldman, introduces and integrates the theories, research, and applications of the discipline?capturing the excitement of this diverse field as it is evolving today. The book is designed to show the relevance of social psychology to readers' lives while reacquainting them with the scientific basis of the discipline. KEY TOPICS: Unique chapter structure and organization. Organizes book so that chapters containing more applied topics are integrated throughout the book to demonstrate to readers how social psychologists use theory, research, and applications to help solve significant social problems. Speaking of Social Psychology features provide readers with interviews conducted with people who use the findings of social psychology in their work, offering suggestions for particular career paths and examples of how social psychology is used outside the field. Informed Consumer of Social Psychology feature describes specific uses that can be derived from research conducted by social psychologists. Social.Links marginal icons link students to the book's Companion Website. Social Webs features discuss social psychological issues related to technology and the use of the Internet and the Web. For readers interested in a social psychology text that is easily applied to everyday life.

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L'autore

ROBERT S. FELDMAN is a professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts, where he is Director of Undergraduate Studies, former head of the Personality and Social Psychology Division, and winner of the College Distinguished Teacher Award. He was educated as an undergraduate at Wesleyan University, where he graduated with High Honors, and at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, from which he earned a Masters and Ph.D.

Author of More than 100 books, chapters, and articles, his books include the editor volumes Applications of Nonverbal Behavioral Theory and Research (Erlbaum), Fundamentals of Nonverbal Behavior (Cambridge University Press, with Bernard Rime), and Social Aspects of Nonverbal Behavior (Cambridge University Press, with Pierre Philippot and Erik Coats). He is a recipient of grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of the Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research, which have supported his research on nonverbal behavior and emotional development. He is also a former Fulbright lecturer and research scholar.

During the course of his two decades as a college teacher, he has taught social psychology numerous times at a wide range of institutions, including Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. An excellent cook, a passionate music lover, but a lapsed pianist, he lives with his wife and three children in Amherst, Massachusetts, overlooking the Holyoke mountain range.

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Book by Feldman Robert S

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Pearson College Div
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0130274798
• ISBN 13: 9780130274793
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 614
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italia