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Social Beings: Core Motives in Social Psychology

Published 8 September 2003
Susan T. Fiske
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TL;DR

A meta-analysis of human interaction and its applications to modern society found that human interaction is increasingly social, democratic, and connected.

Abstract

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: ADAPTIVE MOTIVES FOR SOCIAL SITUATIONS, VIA CULTURES AND BRAINS Chapter 2 SCIENTIFIC METHODS FOR STUDYING PEOPLE IN INTERACTION Chapter 3 ORDINARY PERSONOLOGY: FIGURING OUT WHY PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY DO Chapter 4 SOCIAL COGNITION: MAKING SENSE OF OTHERS Chapter 5 THE SELF: SOCIAL TO THE CORE Chapter 6 ATTITUDES AND PERSUASION: CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS Chapter 7 ATTRACTION: INITIATING ROMANCE, FRIENDSHIP, AND OTHER RELATIONSHIPS Chapter 8 CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS: PASSION, INTERDEPENDENCE, COMMITMENT, AND INTIMACY Chapter 9 HELPING: PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR Chapter 10 AGGRESSION: ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR Chapter 11 STEREOTYPING, PREJUDICE, AND DISCRIMINATION: SOCIAL BIASES Chapter 12 SMALL GROUPS: ONGOING INTERACTIONS Chapter 13 SOCIAL INFLUENCE: DOING WHAT OTHERS DO AND SAY Chapter 14 CONCLUSION: SOCIAL BEINGS REFERENCES AUTHOR INDEX SUBJECT INDEX

Keywords

Psychology