Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Represents the best and brightest in new research, theory and practice in the area of experimental social psychology

James M. Olsen (Edited by)

9780128171691

Hardback, published 29 August 2019

280 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.2 cm, 0.59 kg

Approx.272 pages

1. Belief in karma: How cultural evolution, cognition, and motivations shape belief in supernatural justice Cindel White and Ara Norenzayan 2. Through a looking glass, darkly: Using mechanisms of mind perception to identify accuracy, overconfidence, and underappreciated means for improvement Nicholas Epley and Tal Eyal 3. The advantages and disadvantages of self-insight: New psychological and neural perspectives Jennifer S. Beer and Michelle A. Harris 4. The mind is its own place: The difficulties and benefits of thinking for pleasure Timothy D. Wilson, Erin C. Westgate and Nicholas R. Buttrick 5. The social creation of action and inaction: From concepts to goals to behaviors Dolores Albarracín, Aashna Sunderrajan, Wenhao Dai and Benjamin X. White

Subject Areas: Experimental psychology [JML], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Psychology [JM]