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Suggested Readings

Aronson, E. (1988). The social animal (5th ed.). New York: Freeman. This book, which won an American Psychological Association National Media Award, is an engaging, easy-to-read introduction to the topics central to social psychology.

Baron, R. A., & Richardson, D. R. (1992). Human aggression (2nd ed.). New York: Plenum. This very readable introduction to research on aggression discusses social, environmental, and individual determinants of aggression and techniques for controlling or preventing aggression.

Hunt, M. (1990). The compassionate beast: What science is discovering about the humane side of mankind. New York: Morrow. Hunt, a science writer, draws from new research in social psychology to clarify such mysteries as why Kitty Genovese was murdered and why people risked their lives during World War II by hiding Jews from the Nazis.

Kelman, H. C., & Hamilton, V. L. (1989). Crimes and obedience: Toward a social psychology of authority and responsibility. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. A social psychologist and a sociologist analyze the My Lai massacre, Watergate, and the Iran-Contra affair, presenting a major analysis of the rationale behind illegal acts ordered by authority.

Milgram, S. (1974). Obedience to authority: An experimental view. New York: Harper & Row. Though first published more than twenty years ago, it remains the definitive work on obedience. Milgram discusses the important issues as he describes a series of eighteen of his obedience experiments, searching for an explanation of destructive obedience.

Spielberg, S. (1994). Schindler’s list (movie). Spielberg’s masterpiece portraying the Holocaust and the horrific atrocities carried out against the Jews in Nazi Germany. Even if you have previously seen the movie, you may wish to watch it again after learning of some of the social psychological factors contributing to the violence (and/or apathy) of German soldiers in the concentration camps.

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