Social psychology uses clever, even ingenious, research methods to explore the most essential questions of the human psyche: Why do we help some people and harm others? Why do we pay so much more attention to high-powered people than they pay to us? If humans evolved from great apes, why are human selves so much more elaborate? How does our attachment to our parents when we are infants influence the success or failure of our romantic relationships when we are adults? Can behaving morally "license" us to behave immorally shortly afterward? How do social relationships make us more versus less prone toward physical illness? This volume -- an update to the original, 2010 edition -- provides a graduate-level introduction to social psychology. The target audience consists of first-year graduate students (MA or PhD) in social psychology and related disciplines (marketing, organizational behavior, etc.), although it is also appropriate for upper-level undergraduate courses. The authors are world-renowned leaders on their topic, and they have written state-of-the-art overviews of the discipline's major research domains. The chapters are not only scientifically rigorous, but also accessible and engaging. They convey the joy, excitement, and promise of scientific investigations into human sociality.

本書は、人間の魂という深遠な迷宮を解き明かす、知の最前線への招待状です。なぜ人は愛し、時に裏切るのか。世界的権威たちが紡ぐ言葉は、科学を背景にしながらも、人間社会という巨大な劇場の深淵を見事に描き出しています。進化の系譜から現代の愛着まで、我々の生を形作る見えない糸を鮮烈に浮き彫りにする筆致は、圧巻の一言に尽きます。 知的好奇心を揺さぶるドラマチックな展開も魅力です。自己と他者の境界や、道徳の逆説を突く知見は、読者の生き方を問い直す文学的な重厚さを備えています。科学の厳格さと探究の喜びが融合した本書は、社会という荒野を生き抜くための、新たな人間解読の地図となるに違いありません。