Readings in Social Psychology Research: Theory and Application

The anthology Readings in Social Psychology Research: Theory and Applicationfeatures concise and engaging articles from diverse experts in the field. The high-interest selections allow students to see how research is done and read published material on original research in the discipline.

The text features a wide selection of articles on topics such as the self, person perception and attribution, stereotypes and prejudice, influence, and attitudes. Other sections include specific areas of interaction such as attraction and relationships, helping, and aggression. The final chapters address a variety of applied topics, including psychology and law, industrial/organizational and consumer psychology, and health psychology. Each unit opens with an original introduction to establish appropriate context and closes with post-reading questions that facilitate lively classroom discussion.

The reading selections include both popular readings and research articles that were chosen to illustrate a wide variety of fascinating and important work in social psychology. An engaging anthology that bridges social psychology as an academic discipline to everyday thinking and interaction, Readings in Social Psychology Research is well-suited to courses in the field, either as the primary course text or as a supplement to a traditional textbook.

Douglas Krull holds a Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Texas, Austin and is a professor at Northern Kentucky University. In addition to social psychology and social psychology lab, Dr. Krull has taught courses in consumer psychology, the psychology of religion, cognitive processes, and cognition in the workplace. His writing has been published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, among others. Dr. Krull is the author of Introduction to Psychology, published by Kona Publishing and Media Group.