The Social Animal
by Elliot Aronson
Recommended by Sahil Lavingia and Ramit Sethi
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Social Psychology, Psychology, and Most Recommended Books.
Focusing on research to introduce modern social psychology, Social Animal takes the patterns and motives of human behavior to analyze distinct topics like terrorism, conformity, obedience, politics, race relations, advertising, war, interpersonal attraction, and the power of religious cults....
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Social Psychology, Psychology, and Most Recommended Books.
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Ramit Sethi
“An outstanding book on human behavior. | I read 95 books in 2016. Best nonfiction: Sapiens, Saving Capitalism, The New Jim Crow, The Social Animal, Story (by McKee).”
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