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1. Social Motivation

   Edited by David Dunning

   Series: Frontiers of Social Psychology

   Motivational science is one of the fastest-growing areas of research in social psychology, incorporating multiple perspectives from social-personality research. This volume provides students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of major topics in social motivation. All contributors are...

   Published October 11th 2010 by Psychology Press
2. The Self in Social Judgment

   Edited by Mark D. Alicke, David A. Dunning, Joachim Krueger

   Series: Studies in Self and Identity

   The volume begins with a historical overview of the self in social judgment and outlines the major issues. Subsequent chapters, all written by leading experts in their respective areas, identify and elaborate four major themes regarding the self in social judgment:· the role of the self as an...

   Published September 18th 2005 by Psychology Press
3. Self-Insight

   Roadblocks and Detours on the Path to Knowing Thyself

   By David Dunning

   Series: Essays in Social Psychology

   People base thousands of choices across a lifetime on the views they hold of their skill and moral character, yet a growing body of research in psychology shows that such self-views are often misguided or misinformed. Anyone who has dealt with others in the classroom, in the workplace, in the...

   Published January 29th 2005 by Psychology Press