Conversations about Social Pschychology.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Howard.

Series:

Ideas Roadshow Collections

Ideas Roadshow Collections ; v.3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mind and body.

Social psychology.

Sociobiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

Conversations About Social Psychology is a five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection of carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring 4 leading psychologists and a top-ranked professional tennis player with a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. All five books include a detailed essay setting up the different ideas and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. The following experts have participated in this Collection:1. Roy Baumeister, Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland;2. Barbara Fredrickson, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;3. Philip Zimbardo, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University;4. Carol Dweck, the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University;5. Janko Tipsarevic, former professional tennis player, with a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8. Howard Burton is the creator and host of Ideas Roadshow and was the Founding Executive Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy.

Contents:

Intro

Textual Note

Preface

Being Social

A conversation with Roy Baumeister

Introduction

I. Psychology, Eventually

II. A Discipline Evolves

III. The Energetic Agent

IV. A Philosophical Digression

V. Free Will

VI. Cultural Distinctiveness

VII. Numbed By Rejection

Continuing the Conversation

Mindsets

Growing Your Brain

A conversation with Carol Dweck

I. Fixed Beginnings

II. Confronted by Young Wisdom

III. The Genius Defense

IV. Good and Bad Praise

V. Getting Personal

VI. Brainsets

VII. Gender Differences

VIII. Getting the Message Out

IX. Practical Tips

X. Diversity and Universality

XI. New Horizons

XII. The Big Picture

The Mind-Body Problem

A conversation with Janko Tipsarevic

I. On Nietzsche and Tennis

II. Lost Opportunities

III. Commitment

IV. Breaking Through

V. Tennis as a Team Sport

VI. Achieving Potential

VIII. Winner Take All?

The Science of Emotions

A conversation with Barbara Fredrickson

I. Psychological Beginnings

II. Emotions, Scientifically

III. Positive vs. Negative Emotions

IV. Positive Psychology Emerges

V. Broaden and Build

VI. Emotional Measurement

VII. The Undoing Effect

VIII. Taking Charge

IX. Responses

X. Personal Flourishing

XI. Leveraging Positivity

Critical Situations

A conversation with Philip Zimbardo

I. Origins

II. A Formative Quarantine

III. Increasing Awareness

IV. Situation Stanford

V. The Aftermath

VI. Outright Denial

VII. Learning Our Lessons?

VIII. The Flip Side

IX. Spreading The Word

X. A New Gender Gap

Continuing the Conversation.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781771701815

1771701811

9781771701259

1771701250

OCLC:

1255231425