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The Scientist and the Humanist
A Festschrift in Honor of Elliot Aronson
- Edited by Marti Hope Gonzales, Carol Tavris and Joshua Aronson.
Published May 2010
Elliot Aronson is among the 100 most influential psychologists of the 20th Century. He is best known for his theorizing and research on cognitive dissonance theory -- one of the most provocative and enduring theories in contemporary psychology -- and for his design of the "jigsaw…
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The Psychology of Advertising
- By Bob M. Fennis, and Wolfgang Stroebe.
Published May 2010
Advertising is a ubiquitous and powerful force, seducing us into buying wanted and sometimes unwanted products and services, donating to charity (even to causes we have not heard of before), voting for political candidates (even of questionable reputation), and changing our health-related…
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Why Aren't We Saving the Planet?
A Psychologist's Perspective
- By Geoffrey Beattie.
Published May 2010
Global warming. Many of us believe that it is somebody else’s problem, that it will affect other people and that other people will come up with the solution. This is not true. "Global" warming is a global problem: it will affect every single one of us and will be only be stopped by a huge shift in…
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Attachment
Expanding the Cultural Connections
- Edited by Phyllis Erdman, and Kok-Mun Ng.
Published May 2010
Insightful analysis, remarkable case studies, and groundbreaking research make Attachment: Expanding the Cultural Connections essential reading for any clinician or scholar interested in perceptions of love and attachment.…
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Psychology of Religion
- Edited by Justin L. Barrett.
Published May 2010
Psychology of religion is essentially as old as psychology itself, with over a hundred years of history and claiming some of psychology’s most notable characters as contributors, including William James, Sigmund Freud, Gordon Allport, and Jean Piaget. In recent years, this subfield of psychology…
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The Gendered Unconscious
Can Gender Discourses Subvert Psychoanalysis?
- By Louise Gyler.
Published April 2010
Feminist interventions in psychoanalysis have often attempted either to subvert or re-frame the masculinist and phallocentric biases of Freud's psychoanalysis. This book investigates the nature of these interventions by comparing the status and treatment of women in two different psychoanalytic…
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A Contemporary Look at Organizational Justice
Multiplying Insult Times Injury
- By Joel Brockner.
Published April 2010
This book is for scholars with an interest in the burgeoning area of theory and research on organizational justice. The ideas it describes forge connections between the justice literature and other prominent bodies of knowledge in organizational and social psychology, including those pertaining to…
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Hard Knocks
Domestic Violence and the Psychology of Storytelling
- By Janice Haaken.
Published April 2010
This book draws on interviews carried out over a period of eight years, as well as novels, films, and domestic violence literature, to explain the role of storytelling in the history of the battered women’s movement. The author shows how cultural contexts shape how stories about domestic abuse get…
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Racism, Identity and Adjustment
Young People in Transition
- By Stephan Derek Heim, Christine Howe, Clare Cassidy and Rory O'Connor.
Published March 2010