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Social Psychology, 12/E
Robert A. BaronRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Nyla R. BranscombeUniversity of Kansas
Donn R. ByrneThe University at Albany, State University of New York

ISBN-10: 0205581498
ISBN-13:  9780205581498

Publisher:  Pearson
Copyright:  2009
Format:  Cloth; 576 pp
Published:  01/04/2008

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Social Psychology, 12E is the text that shows students how the ever-changing field of social psychology is useful in their everyday lives! 

 

This classic text retains the hallmark of its own past success: up-to-date coverage of the quickly evolving subject matter written in a lively manner that has been embraced by hundreds of thousands of students around the world. This book continues to balance its coverage of fundamentals with current research.


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 Is it important for your students to learn how historical research impacted the study of Social Psychology?

  • NEW- “What Social Psychology Tells Us About” takes real-life issues and examines them from the field of social psychology.  These sections will illustrate how the principles and findings of social psychology can be applied to understanding almost any aspect of our culture/society/social events and trends. 
  • Do you want your students’ to apply Social Psychology theory to their everyday lives?
  • NEW- “Building the Science:  Classics of Social Psychology” in each chapter highlights classic research studies for that topic. 
  • Do you want your students to think critically about the materials they’ve just read?
  • NEW- "Principles to Remember," throughout every chapter, highlighting important concepts that impact students' daily lives.
  • "Making Sense of Common Sense" throughout each chapter illustrates how the chapter topics can be applied to many aspects of human behavior. 
  • “Key Points” at the end of every major section help students understand what they have read and key terms in bold help students look for definitions (both within the text and in the glossary at the end of the book).
  • “Connections tables” at the end of every chapter help explain the relationship between certain topics within the field of social psychology.
  • Chapter summaries, called “Summary and Review of Key Points” help students assess what they have read.

     

    SUPPLEMENTS For Instructors: The following are available for qualified instructors only.  Please contact your Pearson representative.

    Instructor’s Manual.  Prepared by Daniel A. Miller of Indiana University - Purdue University, Fort Wayne, the Instructor’s Manual has been reorganized and updated to be even easier to use with Chapter Learning Objectives, key terms, a detailed chapter outline, both classic and innovative lecture launchers, and out-of-class assignments with appropriate handouts.  Each lecture and activity idea is linked to a specific learning objective. (ISBN: 0205581862)

    Test Bank and Computerized Test Bank.  Fully updated by Greg Nichols of the University of Kansas, the Test Bank is composed of approximately 2,000 fully referenced multiple-choice, completion (fill-in-the-blank), short-answer, and essay questions. Each question may be viewed by level of difficulty and skill types. To help you follow through with the dynamic resources offered in MyPsychLab in your assessments, this edition of the Test Bank offers one essay question per chapter that tests a relevant MyPsychLab asset!  This supplement is also available in TestGen Computerized Test Bank version, an easy way to create polished, hard-copy tests. (Test Bank ISBN: 0205581781; Computerized Test Bank ISBN: 0205581870)

    PowerPoint Presentations. Amy Schaffer of the University of Miami has prepared two versions of the PowerPoint® Presentation: a Lecture version with text and select art and an Art-only version with all of the figures from the book so professors can easily customize their lecture presentations.  (ISBN: 020558179X)

    Allyn & Bacon Transparencies for Social Psychology, ©2005.  Approximately 100 revised, full-color acetates to enhance classroom lectures and discussions.  Includes images from Allyn & Bacon’s major Social Psychology texts. (ISBN: 0205439586)

    MyPsychLab for Social Psychology.  MyPsychLab is a state-of-the-art interactive and instructive solution for social psychology, designed to be used as a supplement to a traditional lecture course, or to completely administer an online course.  MyPsychLab includes over 200 embedded video clips (2 to 4 minutes in length, close-captioned and with post-viewing activities) and over 100 embedded animations and simulations that dynamically illustrate chapter concepts. With over 100 text-specific practice test questions per chapter, MyPsychLab also helps your students master the concepts from the text and prepare for exams.  MyPsychLab gives you and your students access to a wealth of resources all geared to meet the individual teaching and learning needs of every instructor and every student. Combining an E-book, video, audio, multimedia simulations, research support, practice tests, exams, and more, MyPsychLab engages students and gives them the tools they need to enhance their performance in your course.

    Contemporary Videos in Social Psychology DVD © 2007.  Adopters can receive this new video that includes short clips covering all major topics in Social Psychology.  Please contact your Pearson representative to obtain a copy.

    ABC Videos for Social Psychology © 2005

    A wonderful tool including 7 video clips. Clips cover topics such as self-esteem, plastic surgery, philanthropy, bullying, sororities, age discrimination, and more. (ISBN: 0205441998)

    1. Becoming Barbie
    2. The Hope Scale: How to Tell if You're Negative or Positive
    3. For Better or For Worse
    4. The Philanthropists
    5. Soothing the Savage Beast
    6. America in Black and White on Prom Night
    7. Sorority Hazing: Tales of Abusive Initiation Rituals

    SUPPLEMENTS for Students:

    GradeAid Student Workbook with Practice Tests.  Prepared by Virginia Centanni of Oakwood College and Virginia College, the GradeAid Student Workbook with Practice Tests has been designed as the go-to resource for preparing students for the material in the chapter (Before You Read…), helping them retain the information they are gathering (As You Read…), testing what they remember (After You Read…), and finally, taking them deeper into the material (When You Have Finished…). New to this Edition, the GradeAid has a section titled “When You Have Finished… You be the Researcher” a feature that encourages students to apply and expand their knowledge with a dynamic activity.  (ISBN: 0205581803)

    MyPsychLab for Social Psychology.  MyPsychLab is the online all-in-one study resource that offers a dynamic, electronic version of Social Psychology, 12/e with over 200 embedded video clips (2 to 4 minutes in length, close-captioned and with post-viewing activities) and over 100 embedded animations and simulations that dynamically illustrate chapter concepts. With over 100 text-specific practice test questions per chapter, MyPsychLab helps you master the concepts from the text and prepare for exams. To access MyPsychLab or to take a tour of its features, visit www.MyPsychLab.com.

    Social Psychology Study Site (Open Access).  This open access website offers Learning Objectives, Flashcards, Weblinks, and Practice Tests for a comprehensive list of topics covering Social Psychology to assess your knowledge and comprehension in your coursework. To access this site go to: http://www.absocialpsychology.com.

     


  • New To This Edition

  • “What Social Psychology Tells Us About” takes real-life issues and examines them from the field of social psychology.  These sections will illustrate how the principles and findings of social psychology can be applied to understanding almost any aspect of our culture/society/social events and trends. 
  • “Building the Science:  Classics of Social Psychology” in each chapter highlights classic research studies for that topic. 
  • "Principles to Remember," throughout every chapter, highlighting important concepts that impact students' daily lives.
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    Chapter 1

    • A new chapter title reflecting a key goal of this new edition: connecting social psychology even more closely than past editions with events and trends in modern culture–everything from popular films and television shows to recent developments on the internet
    • An entirely new chapter opening and introduction, based on a recent popular movie;  this is fully consistent with the goal described in (1) above.
    • New examples in the section on the nature of social psychology–especially new examples illustrating the evolutionary perspective.
    • Much new information on recent research on social neuroscience and on the role of implicit (nonconscious) processes as examples of “cutting edge” work in the field.
    • New examples throughout the research methods section.
    • An entirely new section on how social psychologists study mediation and mediating variables.
    • A new concluding section entitled Getting the Most Out of This Book: A User’s Guide, that describes all the new features of the book.

    Chapter 2

    • Entirely new chapter opening, with new opening vignette.
    • A new Building the ScienceClassics of Social Psychology section on the self-confirming nature of schemas.
    • An entirely new section on the effects of automatic processing on social behavior.
    • An entirely new section on the benefits of automatic thought.
    • A new discussion of terror management and belief in the supernatural
    • New findings on the limits of the negativity bias is presented.
    • A new discussion of social neuroscience research on the interplay between affect and cognition, plus much additional new research on affect–cognition links.
    • A new Social Psychology:  What It Tells Us About… section on the role of the optimistic bias and other cognitive errors in the tragic war in Iraq.
    • New information on the potential negative effects of being in a good mood. 
    • New “Think About It” questions have been added to all Key Point review sections
    • New Principles to Remember marginal notations have been added to emphasize principles students should remember–and take with them from their first course in social psychology. 

     Chapter 3

    • An entirely new chapter opening and introduction.
    • New data on the relationship between facial expressions and underlying emotions is presented–evidence from photos of the faces of Olympic athletes.
    • A new section on the effects of deception on social relations is now included.
    • A new Making Sense of Common Sense section entitled “Are Men Really “Clueless” When It Comes to Nonverbal Cues?  Fiction–and Fact–About Gender Differences in Nonverbal Communication” has been added.  
    • A new discussion of the role of level of construals in attributing events to fate or our own actions, has been added.
    • Discussion of the role of action identification in attributions concerning other’s intentions, cognition, and motives, is now included (research by Kazak, Marsh, & Wegner, 2006).
    • A new Classic Contributions section on early research demonstrating the fundamental attribution error (correspondence bias) is included.
    • A new section on the role of magical thought in attribution is now included.
    • New information on the speed with which first impressions are formed has been added.
    • New information suggesting that accuracy is not always best in social perception, is now discussed.  This research indicates that “positive illusions” about others can have beneficial effects in long-term social relationships.
    • A new What Social Psychology Tells Us About…section on speed dating, relating this popular activity to research on impression formation and impression management.

    Chapter 4

    • New opening vignette concerning online experiences and the self.
    • New Common Sense feature concerning ‘navigating the internet’ and differences in self presentation using a text format vs. face to face interaction.
    • New self-presentation tactics section. Specifically, the self-verification perspective—which addresses the processes by which we lead others to agree with our self-views—is described.
    • New research on considering the self from an observer’s vantage point. Research on introspection and its problems of gaining accurate self-knowledge with this method is considered.
    • New cross-cultural research concerning how the context affects self perception. When are gender differences in the self obtained, and when are they not.
    • New section on how conflict among different identities is managed.
    • New findings concerning people’s overestimation of their ability to influence outcomes—our implicit beliefs in our own “magical powers.”
    • New section concerning how people can successfully engage in self control. Also, information concerning the depletion of self control.
    • Updated findings concerning the consequences of perceiving the self as a target of prejudice.
    • Social comparison research is extensively covered now, including the consequences of upward and downward comparisons when the self is categorized at the personal and social identity levels.
    • Unrealistic optimism research is detailed as a classic feature.

    Chapter 5

    • New opening vignette concerning attitudes toward college student cheating.
    • Added additional updated references and new Figure 5.2 concerning effectiveness of persuasion tactics depending on self orientation of prevention vs. promotion focus.
    • Added new section on the distinction between implicit and explicit attitudes.
    • New section and examples for classical conditioning of attitudes. Added new Figure 5.3, and revised Figure 5.4. The example in the text itself has been changed to better match the contents of Figure 5.5.
    • Instrumental conditioning example changed. Opening vignette content on cheating used here again.
    • New example entirely for observational learning. Changed from the context of children to adults and popular TV (Dancing with the Stars and American Idol). New Figure 5.6.
    • New strong attitudes do predict behavior example.
    • New section on attitude certainty. Also added this as a factor that affects attitude behavior consistency in addition to strength and direct experience—attitude certainty—which now appears on the revised Figure 5.9.
    • Updated citations for the relationship between intentions and behavior, as well as an example concerning how that relationship can be strengthened.
    • New research on message framing and persuasion. Revisions and updates to Communicators, Messages, and Audiences section.
    • New section on the effects of caffeine on persuasion.
    • A new section on how Ego Depletion Can Undermine Resistance to persuasion has been added, along with a New Figure 5.19.
    • New section on Individual differences in resistance to persuasion.
    • New “Classics in Social psychology” section on Cognitive dissonance.

    Chapter 6

    • An entirely new opening vignette concerning Americans’ fear of and prejudice toward Arabs/Muslims. We raise the question of whether this is in response to the perceived prejudice of some Arabs (9/11 hijackers) toward Americans.
    • New section on research concerning why Whites and Blacks assess racial progress differently. Drawing on prospect theory to illustrate how framing change as a loss for the in-group or gain for the out-group affects racial group differences in perceptions of change and need for further change.
    • Streamlined and greatly updated research and statistics concerning women and the glass ceiling. New research that focuses on the effects of affirmative action on the targets of prejudice is now included.
    • New research on the shifting standards phenomena is discussed, and an elaborate Figure walks students through the psychological processes that lead people to make similar evaluative ratings of candidates from different groups, but different job offers.
    • New section on singlism–stereotyping and discrimination that affects people who are single. This is a unique case because even those who are victims of it–single compared to married people–show the effects too.
    • New discussion of whether all prejudices are the same. New research is presented that shows that some prejudices are based on fear, others on anger, and others still on pity and guilt.
    • A new Classics in Social Psychology section that focuses on Sherif’s Robber’s Cave study and the role of competition in the escalation of conflict.
    • New Making Sense of Common Sense addresses “whether it is easy or difficult for minority group members to play the race or gender card” and complain about their experiences with discrimination. The social costs from different types of audiences are considered.
    • New 2004 & 2007 work on contact between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland as a means of reducing prejudice via anxiety reduction. How contact and friendship with homosexuals also lowers anxiety and thereby lower prejudice is described.
    • Updated section on social categorization–us versus them. A little added on the history of minimal groups research.
    • Updated section on what happens when we learn of the prejudiced actions of members of our own group, using the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq. A new discussion about the different possible responses Americans might have to learning about their group’s harm.
    • New work on how inequality is framed and its consequences for prejudice reduction. Framing inequality as Black disadvantage helps to maintain prejudice, whereas framing it as about White advantage induces collective guilt and thereby lowers prejudice. Evidence that a little guilt can have positive social consequences.
    • Additional and new work on group socialization and prejudice. 

    Chapter 7

    • This chapter now represents a combination of the previous edition’s Chapters 7 and 8.
    • An entirely new chapter opening has been written.
    • New research on the need for affiliation relating to persons who show the dismissing attachment style and claim to not have such needs is now included.
    • A new discussion of appearance-rejection sensitivity and recent research about it has been added.
    • A new section on the effects of culture on relationships has been added. 
    • An entirely new section on what we desire in others–the traits of “ideal” partners–is now included.
    • An entirely new section on jealousy has been written, and recent research suggesting that jealousy involves threats to self-esteem is described.
    • A new Classics of Social Psychology on Terman’s research concerning similarity and marital happiness is now included.
    • The section on marriage has been greatly revised to reflect recent research findings.
    • A new What Social Psychology Tells Us About…section dealing with the role of positive illusions in marital happiness has been added.
    • New research on the role of external pressures and prejudice on relationships and the role of making love contingent on external success is now discussed.  

    Chapter 8

    • An entirely new chapter opening and introduction.
    • An entirely new section on the “downside” of conformity, including the effects of conformity to gender roles on sexual enjoyment and the acceptance of rape myths.
    • A new Classics of Social Psychology section on Zimbardo’s prison study and related research.
    • A new Social Psychology:  What It Tells Us About…” that illustrates the potentially important role of social influence (especially from the media) in the development of eating disorders.
    • The discussion of obedience to authority has been revised to explicitly link this research to Zimbardo’s famous “Prison Study” and his more recent work concerning the reasons why “good people often do evil things.”
    • Half of the illustrations are new to this chapter.

    Chapter 9

    • An entirely new chapter opening based on case of heroism–and on “everyday” helping.
    • An entirely new section on the competitive altruism hypothesis.
    • The section on various motives for engaging in prosocial behavior has been extensively rewritten, shortened, and clarified; it is now placed at the start of the chapter rather than at the end.
    • A new Classics of Social Psychology section has been added, focused on Darley Latane’s research on bystander intervention in emergencies.
    • New research on empathy and helping across different social groups is now described.
    • A new section on the effects of social exclusion, and how such treatment by others reduces helping, has been added.
    • A new What Social Psychology Tells Us About…section has been added, concerning reactions to being helped by others, and when they tend to be negative.
    • An entirely new Making Sense of Common Sense section on the question of whether, as common sense suggests, helping and aggression are opposites, has been added.

    Chapter 10

    • An entirely new chapter opening, based on the television program “24.”
    • A new discussion of the effects of teasing as a potential cause of aggression
    • New research on the effects on aggression of playing violent video games.
    • An entirely new Classics of Social Psychology section on Bandura’s famous “Bobo doll” studies
    • A new discussion of neuroscience evidence for desensitization stemming from exposure to media violence.
    • An entirely new What Social Psychology Tells Us About… section on the effects of sexually violent lyrics in popular songs.
    • New research on gender differences in aggression, especially research suggesting that both females and males who are aggressive are often popular with their peers, is discussed.
    • New research on how alcohol can increase aggression even when it is not actually consumed.
    • New research and findings on workplace aggression, including discussion of the effect-danger principle.
    • An entirely new section on abusive supervision.
    • An entirely new section on self-regulatory mechanisms helpful in reducing aggression. 

    Chapter 11

    • A new chapter opening concerning the relative trade-off between being a hermit and belonging to social groups. Coverage of the evolutionary perspective on groups and their necessity for survival.
    • New section differentiating between different types of groups, and their implications for degree of entitativity.  
    • A new What Social Psychology Tells Us About… feature concerning the website YouTube, and whether its visitors constitute a real social group.
    • Completely revised sections on status hierarchies in groups, performing roles in groups but maintaining a sense of the self as authentic, new treatment of how people act and why when assigned to “prisoner” and “guard” roles, and the power of group norms to affect people’s behavior.
    • Updated sections on why we join groups, the costs we sustain to get in them, and why groups sometimes splinter.
    • New information on distraction by the presence of others and eating behavior.
    • A new Making Sense of Common Sense section on Brainstorming in groups and whether it really work in generating more creative ideas than individuals alone would. A comparison is made between improvisational comedy teams and brainstorming in other contexts.
    • New research on being in a crowd. When hooliganism will happen at sporting events and when crowds will engage in prosocial actions.
    • New evidence on key aspects of groupthink.
    • New findings concerning the development of social loafing in groups over time. What predicts and what prevents it in students working on team projects.

    Chapter 12

    • The chapter opening vignette is entirely new, and focuses on the major theme of the chapter:  how the principles and findings of social psychology can be applied to solving many practical problems.
    • Throughout the discussion of social psychology and the legal system, the role of basic social psychological processes (e.g., social influence, attribution, social cognition) on such activities as police interrogations and lineups, are emphasized and explained.
    • New evidence on the importance of instructions given to witnesses during police lineups.
    • A new discussion of the role of “fuzzy trace theory” in memory distortion among eyewitnesses to a crime is now included.
    • New information in increasing the accuracy of eyewitnesses has been added.
    • New evidence suggesting that discussions among jurors can help reduce the impact of subtle forms of racial or ethnic prejudice is presented.
    • A new Classics of Social Psychology section on Munstesrberg’s work on eyewitness testimony has been added.
    • A new Making Sense of Common Sense section on the impact of job satisfaction on work performance is now included.
    • New findings concerning “anti-fat” prejudice has been added.
    • A new discussion of prosocial behaviors at work (OCB) as social dilemmas has been added; also, information on the benefits to the helpers’ careers of engaging in OCB is now included.
    • New models and theories of leadership (based largely on a 2007 special issue of the American Psychologist) are now presented.


    Table of Contents

    1. Social Psychology: The Science of the Social Side of Life.
    2. Social Cognition: How We Think About the Social World.
    3. Social Perception: Perceiving and Understanding Others.
    4. Attitudes: Evaluating and Responding to the Social World.
    5. The Self: Answering the Question: “Who Am I?”
    6. The Causes, Effects, and Cures of Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination.
    7. Interpersonal Attraction and Close Relationships
    8. Social Influence: Changing Others’ Behavior.
    9. Prosocial Behavior: Helping Others.
    10. Aggression: Its Nature, Causes, and Control.
    11. Groups and Individuals: The Consequences of Belonging.
    12. Social Psychology: Applying Its Principles to Law, Health, and Business.


    Previous Edition(s)

    • Social Psychology, 11/E
      Baron, Byrne & Branscombe
      ©2006  |  Pearson  |  Cloth; 688 pp  |  Out of Print
      ISBN-10: 0205444121  |  ISBN-13: 9780205444120
      Brief Description  |  More Info


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    • Social Psychology, 13/E
      Baron & Branscombe
      ©2012  |  Pearson  |  Cloth; 544 pp  |  Instock
      ISBN-10: 0205205585  |  ISBN-13: 9780205205585
      Brief Description  |  More Info



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    Robert A. Baron is Wellington Professor of Management and Psychology at Rensselaer RPI. He received his PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Iowa (1968).  Prof. Baron has held faculty appointments at Purdue, the Universities of Minnesota, Texas, South Carolina, Washington, Princeton University, and Oxford University. From 1979-1981 he served as Program Director for Social and Developmental Psychology at NSF.  In 2001he was appointed as a Visiting Senior Research Fellow by the French Ministry of Research (Universite de Toulouse). Baron is a Fellow of APA and a Charter Fellow of APS.  He has published more than one hundred articles and forty chapters, and is the author of 48 books in management and psychology.  He holds three U.S. patents and was founder and CEO of IEP, Inc. (1993-2000). His current research interests focus on social and cognitive factors in entrepreneurship.

     

    Nyla R. Branscombe is Professor of Psychology at University of Kansas. She received her B.A. from York University in Toronto in 1980, a M.A. from the University of Western Ontario in 1982, and her Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1986. Professor Branscombe held a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign in 1987. In 1993 she was a Visiting Fellow at Free University of Amsterdam. She served as Associate Editor of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin for three years, and presently serves as Associate Editor of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.

            Professor Branscombe has published more than one hundred articles and chapters in professional journals and edited volumes. In 1999, she was a recipient of the Otto Klienberg prize for research on Intercultural and International Relations from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. In 2004, she co-edited the volume, Collective Guilt: International Perspectives published by Cambridge University Press., and the 2007 volume Commemorating Brown: The Social Psychology of Racism and Discrimination, published by the American Psychological Association.

            Professor Branscombe’s current research focuses primarily on two main issues: the psychology of privileged groups, in particular when and why they may feel guilt about their advantages and harmful actions toward other social groups, and the psychology of disadvantaged groups, especially how they cope with prejudice and discrimination. 

     

    Donn Byrne holds the rank of Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1958 from Stanford University and has held academic positions at the San Francisco State University, the University of Texas, and Purdue University as well as visiting professorships at the University of Hawaii and Stanford University. He was elected president of the Midwestern Psychological Association and of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. He headed the personality program at Texas, the social-personality programs at Purdue and Albany, and was chair of the psychology department at Albany. Professor Byrne is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and a Charter Fellow of the American Psychological Society.

                During his career, Professor Byrne has published over 150 articles in psychological journals, and twenty-nine of them have been republished in books of readings. He has authored or co-authored thirty-seven chapters in edited volumes, and fourteen books, including Psychology: An Introduction to a Behavioral Science, An Introduction to Personality, The Attraction Paradigm, and Exploring Human Sexuality.

                He has served on the editorial boards of fourteen professional journals and has directed the doctoral work of fifty-two Ph.D. students. He was invited to deliver a G. Stanley Hall lecture at the 1981 meeting of the American Psychological Association in Los Angeles and a state of the science address at the 1981 meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality in New York City. He was invited to testify at Attorney General Meese’s Commission on Obscenity and Pornography in Houston in 1986 and to participate in Surgeon General Koop’s Workshop on Pornography and Health in 1986 in Arlington, Virginia. He received an Excellence in Research Award from the University at Albany in 1987 and the Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality in 1989. In 2002, he attended a Festschrift at the University of Connecticut honoring his scientific contributions organized by his graduate students (past and present) from Texas, Purdue, and Albany. He delivered the William Griffitt Memorial Lecture at Kansas State University in 2004. Professor Byrne’s current research interests focus on the determination of interpersonal attraction, adult attraction styles, and sexually coercive behavior.

     

     

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