Social Psychology - International Student Edition

Social Psychology, Twelfth Edition, engages students with the dynamic field of social psychology, encouraging exploration of personal passions-from sports to politics-while providing insights into the scientific principles that underpin daily interactions and behaviors, dispelling misconceptions, and demonstrating social psychology's real-world relevance.

Saul Kassin is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice andMassachusetts Professor Emeritus at Williams College. Born and raised in New York City, he graduatedfrom Brooklyn College in 1974. After receiving his PhD from the University of Connecticut in 1978,he spent time at the University of Kansas, Purdue University, the Federal Judicial Center, and StanfordUniversity. He is an author or editor of several books—including Psychology, Developmental SocialPsychology, The American Jury on Trial, Duped: Why Innocent People Confess – and Why We Believe TheirConfessions, and most recently, The Pillars of Social Psychology. Interested in the psychology of wrongfulconvictions, Kassin pioneered the scientific study of false confessions for which he has received severalawards—including the APA Award for Distinguished Contribution to Research on Public Policy andthe APS James McKeen Cattell Lifetime Achievement Award for Applied Research. He has consultedon many high-profile cases, served as an analyst on all major news networks, and appeared in severalpodcasts and documentaries—including Ken Burns’s 2012 film, The Central Park Five.Steven Fein is Professor of Psychology at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Bornand raised in Bayonne, New Jersey, he received his AB from Princeton University and his PhD insocial psychology from the University of Michigan. He has been teaching at Williams College since1991, with time spent teaching at Stanford University in 1999. His edited books include Emotion:Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Readings in Social Psychology: The Art and Science of Research, andMotivated Social Perception: The Ontario Symposium. He has served on the executive committee of theSociety of Personality and Social Psychology and as the social and personality psychology representativeat the American Psychological Association. His research interests concern stereotyping and prejudice,suspicion and attributional processes, social influence, and self-affirmation theory.Hazel Rose Markus is the Davis-Brack Professor in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.She codirects Stanford SPARQ (Social Psychological Answers to Real-world Questions) and was previouslythe director of the Research Institute of the Stanford Center for Comparative Studies in Raceand Ethnicity. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Before moving to Stanford in1994, she was a professor at the University of Michigan, where she received her PhD. Her work focuseson how the self-system, including current conceptions of self and possible selves, lends meaning andstructure to experience. Born in England and raised in San Diego, she has been persistently fascinatedby how nation of origin, region of the country, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, and social class shapeself and identity. With her colleague Shinobu Kitayama, she has pioneered the experimental study ofhow culture and self influence one another. Markus is a member of the American Academy of Artsand Sciences and the British Academy, and she is the recipient of the APA award for DistinguishedScientific Contribution and the APS William James Award for Lifetime Achievement. Some of herrecent coedited and coauthored books include Culture and Emotion: Empirical Studies of MutualInfluence, Engaging Cultural Differences: The Multicultural Challenge in Liberal Democracies, JustSchools: Pursuing Equal Education in Societies of Difference, Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century,and Clash! How to Thrive in a Multicultural World.

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