Understanding Humans : How Social Science Can Help Solve Our Problems / David Edmonds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edmonds, David, 1964- author.

Contributor:

Edmonds, David, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy.

Evolution (Biology).

Evolution (Biology)--Social aspects.

Social evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Sage Publications Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

Compiling the best episodes of SAGE′s ′Social Science Bites′ podcast since its beginning in 2012, this pocket-sized volume will show you how social science can solve problems in today′s society. Featuring a multidisciplinary and diverse range of interviewees, the book covers topics from racial inequality to moral psychology, the pandemic, and the prison system.

Contents:

UNDERSTANDING HUMANS - FRONT COVER

UNDERSTANDING HUMANS

COPYRIGHT

CONTENTS

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

ABOUT THE PODCAST HOST

FOREWORD

IDENTITY

SAM FRIEDMAN ON CLASS

JANET CARSTEN ON THE KINSHIP OF ANTHROPOLOGY

HOW WE THINK AND LEARN

DANIEL KAHNEMAN ON BIAS

MAHZARIN BANAJI ON IMPLICIT BIAS

GURMINDER K. BHAMBRA ON POSTCOLONIAL SOCIAL SCIENCE

JONATHAN HAIDT ON MORAL PSYCHOLOGY

JO BOALER ON FEAR OF MATHEMATICS

SASKIA SASSEN ON BEFORE METHOD

HUMAN BEHAVIOUR

STEPHEN REICHER ON CROWD PSYCHOLOGY

ROBERT SHILLER ON BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS

DAVID HALPERN ON NUDGING

VALERIE CURTIS ON THE SOURCES OF DISGUST

MAKING SOCIAL CHANGE

JENNIFER RICHESON ON PERCEPTIONS OF RACIAL INEQUALITY

ERICA CHENOWETH ON NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE

ALISON LIEBLING ON SUCCESSFUL PRISONS

LAWRENCE SHERMAN ON EXPERIMENTAL CRIMINOLOGY

EXPLAINING THE PRESENT AND THE UNEXPECTED

HETAN SHAH ON SOCIAL SCIENCE AND THE PANDEMIC

BRUCE HOOD ON THE SUPERNATURAL.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5296-8068-9

1-5296-8066-2

1-5296-8065-4

1-5296-8067-0

9781529680683

OCLC:

1397570328

Publisher Number:

287885