Readings About The Social Animal (Eighth Edition)

Exploring the most important contemporary ideas in social psychology, this collection of classic and contemporary readings includes accounts of specific experimental findings as well as more general articles summarizing studies on such topics as attraction and aggression. The most important and provocative articles of earlier editions have been retained, including such classics as Stanley Milgram on obedience and Solomon Asch on conformity. New to the Eighth Edition are two articles on prejudice, covering both the social psychology of affirmative action as well as stereotype vulnerability and its effect on intellectual performance. In addition there are new articles on baseball and its relation to social psychology and cognitive dissonance and the self-concept. Organized to illustrate the major themes of Elliot Aronson's highly praised book, The Social Animal, this acclaimed collection of articles can readily be adapted for use with any introductory text, or even in lieu of text.