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Essentials of Social Psychology

By: Wind Goodfriend, The Great Courses
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Every interaction you have with people, each day of your life, involves social psychology. For those of us who have struggled to fit in or wish we received more invitations to socialize, this relatively new field of study can be eye-opening when it comes to gaining a better understanding of the basics of human interactions.

In this illuminating Audible Original, Professor Wind Goodfriend explores the various facets of social psychology, including how we form personal identities, the importance of perceptions, the human need to be liked and respected, stereotypes and prejudices, and more.

Social psychology can be both fascinating in its own right and, ideally, applicable to your everyday life. It can offer you insights into how you relate to others in your friendships, how other people make judgments about you, how to get others to help you, how to manage your anger and aggression, what power of persuasion you have at your fingertips, and so much more.

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About the Creator and Performer

Dr. Wind Goodfriend is a Full Professor of Psychology at Buena Vista University. She also serves as the Chair of Social Sciences, Director of the Gender & Women’s Studies Program, and Principal Investigator of the Institute for the Prevention of Domestic Violence. Dr. Goodfriend earned her master’s degree and doctorate in social psychology from Purdue University. She is the author or editor of 10 books, including four textbooks. Her first textbook, Social Psychology, won the Most Promising Textbook of the Year Award in 2019 from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association. She has also won several teaching awards, including the Wythe Teacher of the Year, one of the nation’s largest teaching prizes at the university level. Dr. Goodfriend’s research focuses on relationship violence, prejudice toward sexual and gender minorities, and how psychology is portrayed in popular culture.

Engaging Narratives • Informative Lectures • Practical Applications • Interesting Case Studies • Well-presented Material
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This was an enjoyable overview of social psychology concepts. It made me interested in exploring some of the other topics in more detail.

Worth a listen

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I enjoyed this lecture series. There were many things that were covered that I had heard about before, but the relevance to the topics were consistent and enjoyable to listen to.

The difference between social groups.

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I found this book to be a good refresher of a social psychology course I took in college. I feel like the author narrated the story very well and you can tell she has passion for the subject. I also appreciated her transparency and references from real life stories, some of which were her own.

Love the subject.

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Overall a pretty thorough introduction into the fascinating topic of social psychology and gives a good overall overview into understanding behaviors. References to supporting studies and results were clearly explained.
The narrator is easy to understand and therefore listen to without being dull and monotonous like some other narrators on Great Courses.
Highly recommend as an introduction.

Great introduction

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It covers many key concepts in psychology and sociology in an easily digestible manner, while also delving deeper and highlighting their practical uses in daily life and interpersonal relationships. I am not new to the topic and I learned a lot from this lecture. I definitely recommend.

Very compelling lecture on social psychology. Kudos to the narrator.

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What a great lecture on why we do what we do as social beings. It was easy to listen to and loaded with fascinating insights.

I learned so much

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Great presentation that is accessible and interesting. I was surprised how much I learned. I definitely recommend it.

Very insightful

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Goodfriend provides a solid, easily followed, introduction to the field of social psychology. The best chapter was Lecture 7 on Conformity and Blind Obedience in which Goodfriend explores some well known experiments on people to see how far they would follow orders and what would happen when the “rules” were removed. It’s a disturbing lecture, but there was also some reassuring moments when she examines responses by people who bucked the majority and stood up for what they thought was right. The best single moment in the series is at the end of the final lecture when the author explores the very famous case of Kitty Genovese who was stabbed a very large number of times over a half an hour period while dozens of people—her neighbors—listened and did nothing. I’ve read about this case in textbooks and seen it pop up again and again in popular literature and shows. This was the first time, however, that I ever heard the counter story. Kitty was not ignored by everyone. One neighbor intervened shouting from his window until the assailant ran away. Another called the police (it was pre 911) only to be told the police already knew about the incident. And a third went out to hold her friend while she died waiting for medical help. Reporters apparently admitted to editing their stories to make the neighbors appear more callous and brutal so that they could sell more papers. This is a good set of lectures.

A Solid Intro to an Important Field

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i have to write 15 words to post a review, but my heading says everything.

Seems a nice intro to the topic

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Fantastic. The final story was heartbreaking and bittersweet. I highly recommend this audiobook. I’m a psychology major and I’ll be using this as a source in some of my coursework.

I learned a lot

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