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Knowing People: The Personal Use of Social Psychology
Author(s): Michael Lovaglia (Author)
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
- Publication Date: 1 Aug. 1999
- Language: English
- Print length: 352 pages
- ISBN-10: 0073039969
- ISBN-13: 9780073039961
Book Description
Combining an engaging, conversational writing style, personal examples, and the best classic and current research studies, this inexpensive, supplemental text helps students apply the principles of social psychology to improve their own lives and their relationships. This blend of rigorous social psychological research and practical, personal application, makes Knowing People the ideal supplement to a wide variety of standard social psychology texts.
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Combining an engaging, conversational writing style, personal examples, and the best classic and current research studies, this inexpensive, supplemental text helps sutdents apply the principles of social psychology to improve their own lives and their relationships. This blend of rigorous social psychological research and practical, personal application, makes Knowing People the ideal supplement to a wide variety of standard social psychology texts. Written in a conversational, accessible style that engages students, and makes the material enjoyable for them to read. Provides the highest quality research examples in clear, nontechnical language, and through personal examples, demonstrates the relevance of these studies to everyday life. Includes the best examples of both classic and current research that theory, exposing students to important social psychological concepts, and showing them how research is actually conducted. Applies to everyday life (school, personal, professional) the concepts and principles discussed in introductory social psychology texts.
About the Author
Michael J. Lovaglia is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Iowa. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Stanford University where he pursued his long-standing interest in social psychology. His undergraduate work was in psychology, sociology and anthropology at San Jose State University where he received a bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Science. Professor Lovaglia has published work in several areas of social psychology in highly regarded scientific journals such as American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, and Social Psychology Quarterly and has received numerous research grants from the National Science Foundation. He has served as associate editor for the highly regarded series, Advances in Group Processes. He also founded and edits a scientific journal on the worldwide web, Current Research in Social Psychology (CRISP), http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc.
