Evolution and Social Psychology

by Douglas T. Kenrick, Mark Schaller, Jeffry A. Simpson

Book Overview

Why do we think about and interact with other people in the particular ways that we do? Might these thoughts and actions be contemporary products of our long-ago evolutionary past? If so, how might this be, and what are the implications? Research generated by an evolutionary approach to social psychology issues profound insights into self-concept, impression formation, prejudice, group dynamics, helping, aggression, social influence, culture, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841694177
• ISBN13: 9781841694177
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"