Social Psychology

Creativity: A Very Short Introduction

Vlad Glăveanu

9780198842996
Paperback
May 2021

Very Short Introductions

For thousands of years humanity has engaged in creative expression. This book explores the history, theory, and practice of creativity from a psychological perspective. It considers the nature and development of creativity, analyzing why we produce creative work, and the ways in which we can understand creative work in its cultural context.

Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction

Second Edition

Ian J. Deary

9780198796206
Paperback
March 2020

Very Short Introductions

Some people are cleverer than others, but how and why do people differ in their thinking powers? Drawing on the latest psychological data Ian Deary considers some of our most burning questions about intelligence, such as how genes, environment, age, or gender can affect our intelligence. He also asks whether intelligence is increasing.

Racism: A Very Short Introduction

Second Edition

Ali Rattansi

9780198834793
Paperback
March 2020

Very Short Introductions

Racism is ever present today, and it has become common now to refer to a variety of racisms, from biological to cultural, colour-blind, and structural racisms. Ali Rattansi explores the history of racism and illuminates contemporary issues in this controversial subject, from intersectionality to cultural racism, to the debate over whiteness.

Cultural Psychology: Exploring Culture and Mind in Diverse Communities

Robyn M. Holmes

9780199343805
Paperback
March 2020

Principles of Psychology: Contemporary Perspectives

Matt Jarvis, Paul Okami

9780198813156
Paperback
January 2020

Accessible, encouraging, innovative: Principles of Psychology: Contemporary Perspectives encourages critical thinking and provides the most student-friendly introduction to the science of psychology.

Identity: A Very Short Introduction

Florian Coulmas

9780198828549
Paperback
February 2019

Very Short Introductions

'Identity' as a concept has many faces, and its very versatility in different contexts can make it hard to define. Florian Coulmas discusses the many meanings of this slippery concept, considering why individual and collective identities are important to us, and discussing the problems asserting individual identities can create.

Behavioural Economics: A Very Short Introduction

Michelle Baddeley

9780198754992
Paperback
January 2017

Very Short Introductions

Behavioural economics blends insights from economics and psychology to explain how people make everyday decisions. Analysing the forces that drive everyone's behaviour it helps us understand what people are motivated by, our impulse purchases, why we struggle to save, and how supermarkets can manipulate what and how much we buy.

Brainwashing: The science of thought control

Kathleen Taylor

9780198798330
Paperback
December 2016

Bringing together cutting-edge research from psychology and neuroscience, Kathleen Taylor puts the brain back into brainwashing and shows why understanding this mysterious phenomenon is vitally relevant in the twenty-first century.

Social Psychology: A Very Short Introduction

Richard J. Crisp

9780198715511
Paperback
August 2015

Very Short Introductions

Social psychology is the quest to understand how our behaviour is influenced by those around us. Richard Crisp introduces the reader to the history of social psychology, covering the thinkers, discussions and the debates which have shaped its first 120 years, and looks forward to the cutting edge ideas in the discipline.

Human Sexuality

Fourth Edition

Simon LeVay, Janice Baldwin

9780878935703
Hardback
November 2011

Explores the changes and challenges facing the field of human sexuality. If you are a lecturer interested in adopting this title for your course, please contact your Oxford representative to arrange a local price.