This timely, accessible reference and text addresses some of the most fundamental questions about human behavior, such as what causes racism and prejudice and why good people do bad things. Leading authorities present state-of-the-science theoretical and empirical work. Essential themes include the complex interaction of individual, societal, and situational factors underpinning good or evil behavior; the role of moral emotions, unconscious bias, and the self-concept; issues of responsibility and motivation; and how technology and globalization have enabled newer forms of threat and harm. Key Words/Subject Areas: aggression, altruism, antisocial, evil, free will, good, guilt, heroism, human behavior, morality, prejudice, prosocial, racism, shame, social psychology, stereotyping, terrorism, values, violence Audience: Students and researchers in social psychology; also of interest to sociologists. --
- | Author: Arthur G. Miller, Arthur G. Miller
- | Publisher: The Guilford Press
- | Publication Date: Jul 03, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 542 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/Psychology
- | ISBN-10: 1462525407
- | ISBN-13: 9781462525409
