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Lawrence S. Wrightsman

Also known as: Lawrence S., Jr. Wrightsman, Lawrence S. 1931- Wrightsman

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American psychologist known for his research in social psychology and the psychology of law. He taught at the University of Kansas from 1976 until his retirement in 2008.

A 35-year-old woman named Jenny worked for a manufacturing plant where she was known as an efficient but quiet worker (Feldman & Ford, 1994).

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Social psychology

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When Elliot Aronson, Timothy Wilson, and Robin Akert started with the first edition of social Psychology their overriding goal was simple but ambitious: capture the excitement of social psychology in a textbook. Now in its sixth edition, the authors have discovered -nbsp;through many kind letters and e-mail from professors and students -nbsp;that they have succeeded in making their book an enjoyable, fascinating story, not just a dry report of facts and figures. In their work they have found that social psychology comes alive for students when they understand the whole context of the field: how theories inspire research, why research is performed as it is, how further research triggers yet new avenues of study.nbsp;The authorsnbsp;have reached students by conveying their own fascination with the research process in a down-to-earth, meaningful way, yet have done so without sacrificing a firmnbsp;foundation on which to build the readersnbsp;understanding. Here, in its sixth edition, the authors present a rigorous, scientific approach to social psychology in anbsp;manner that continues to build on the texts legacy of engaging and fascinating students.

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On the witness stand

1908

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Psychology

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"(From the 1892 preface) In preparing the following abridgment of my larger work, the Principles of Psychology, my chief aim has been to make it more directly available for class-room use. For this purpose I have omitted several whole chapters and rewritten others. I have left out all the polemical and historical matter, all the metaphysical discussions and purely speculative passages, most of the quotations, all the book-references, and (I trust) all the impertinences, of the larger work, leaving to the teacher the choice of orally restoring as much of this material as may seem to him good, along with his own remarks on the topics successively studied. Knowing how ignorant the average student is of physiology, I have added brief chapters on the various senses. In this shorter work the general point of view, which I have adopted as that of 'natural science, ' has, I imagine, gained in clearness by its extrication from so much critical matter and its more simple and dogmatic statement. About two fifths of the volume is either new or rewritten, the rest is 'scissors and paste.' I regret to have been unable to supply chapters on pleasure and pain, aesthetics, and the moral sense. Possibly the defect may be made up in a later edition, if such a thing should ever be demanded."--(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved).

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