Includes bibliographical references (pages 559 - 646) and index.

Ch. 1. Introduction: adaptive motives for social situation, via cultures and brains --
Ch. 2. Scientific methods for stuying people in interaction --
Ch. 3. Ordinary personology: figuring out why people do what they do --
Ch. 4. Social cognition: making sense of others --
Ch. 5. The self: social to the core --
Ch. 6. Attitudes and persuasion: changing hearts and minds --
Ch. 7. Attraction. iniating romance, fiendship, and other relaonships --
Ch. 8. Close relationships: passion, interdepence, commitment, and intimacy --
Ch. 9. Helping: prosocial behavior --
Ch. 10. Aggression: antisocial behavior --
Ch. 11. Stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination: social biases --
Ch. 12. Small groups: ongoing interactions --
Ch. 13. Social influence: doing what others do and say --
Ch. 14. Conclusion: social beings.

Social Beings: Core Motives in Social Psychology, 3rd Edition provides psychologists with a cutting-edge approach on evolutionary and cross-cultural psychology. The book addresses research on three different levels: brain function and cognition, individual and situations, and groups and cultures. The second edition has been updated to present contemporary research in social psychology. It also discusses increasingly important issues in the field including emotion science and the impact of neuroscience on social and personality psychology. The Third Edition retains the previous editions features and adds the most up-to-date literature.