The Person and the Situation: Perspectives of Social Psychology
- ISBN-10
- 1905177445
- ISBN-13
- 9781905177448
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pinter & Martin Publishers
- Authors
- Lee Ross, Richard E. Nisbett
Description
How does the situation we're in influence the way we behave and think? Professors Ross and Nisbett eloquently argue that the context we find ourselves in substantially affects our behavior in this timely reissue of one of social psychology's classic textbooks. With a new foreword by Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point.
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Other editions
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- 1991
- 286 pages
- Paperback
- McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
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