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the socIAl Psychology of morAlIty Exploring the Causes of Good and Evil Edited by Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver Humans are universally concerned with good and evil, although one person’s “evil” can be another person’s “good.” How do individuals arrive at decisions about what is right and what is wrong? And how are these decisions influenced by psychological, social, and cultural forces? Such questions form the foundation of the field of moral psychology. In trying to understand moral behavior, researchers historically adopted a cognitive-rationalistic approach that emphasized reasoning and reflection. However, a new generation of investigators has become intrigued by the role of emotional, unconscious, and intra- and interpersonal processes. Their explorations are presented in this third addition to the Herzliya Series on Personality and Social Psychology. The contributors to this volume begin by presenting basic issues and controversies in the study of morality; subsequent chapters explore the psychological processes involved, such as the cognitive mechanisms and motives underlying immoral behavior and moral hypocrisy. Later chapters discuss personality, developmental, and clinical aspects of morality as well as societal aspects of good and evil, including the implications of moral thinking for large-scale violence and genocide. The wideranging findings and discussions presented in this volume make this work a provocative and engaging resource for social psychologists and other scholars concerned with moral judgments and both moral and immoral behavior. 2012. 416 pages. Hardcover. List: $79.95 | APA Member/Affiliate: $49.95 | ISBN 978-1-4338-1011-4 | Item # 4318093 contents I. Basic Issues and Controversies | 1. Sacred Values and Evil Adversaries: A Moral Foundations Approach, Jesse Graham and Jonathan Haidt | 2. The Philosopher in the Theater, Fiery Cushman and Joshua Greene | 3. Deontological Dissonance and the Consequentialist Crutch, Peter H. Ditto and Brittany Liu | 4. Moral Nativism and Moral Psychology, Paul Bloom | 5. Bringing Character Back: How the Motivation to Evaluate Character Influences Judgments of Moral Blame, David A. Pizarro and David Tannenbaum | 6. Morality Takes Two: Dyadic Morality and Mind Perception, Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner | II. Motivational and Cognitive Processes | 7. Conscience: The Do’s and Don’ts of Moral Regulation, Ronnie Janoff-Bulman | 8. Honest Rationales for Dishonest Behavior, Shahar Ayal and Francesca Gino | 9. Moral Hypocrisy, Moral Inconsistency, and the Struggle for Moral Integrity, Benoît Monin and Anna Merritt | 10. Morality and Psychological Distance: A Construal Level Theory Perspective, Tal Eyal and Nira Liberman | 11. Humanness, Dehumanization, and Moral Psychology, Nick Haslam, Brock Bastian, Simon Laham, and Stephen Loughnan | 12. Morality Across Cultures: A Value Perspective, Noga Sverdlik, Sonia Roccas, and Lilach Sagiv | III. Developmental, Personality, and Clinical Aspects | 13. Autonomous Moral Motivation: Consequences, Socializing Antecedents, and the Unique Role of Integrated Moral Principles, Avi Assor | 14. An Attachment Perspective on Morality: Strengthening Authentic Forms of Moral Decision-Making, Phillip R. Shaver and Mario Mikulincer | 15. Paradigm Assumptions About Moral Behavior: An Empirical Battle Royal, Lawrence J. Walker, Jeremy A. Frimer, and William L. Dunlop | 16. When Moral Concerns Become a Psychological Disorder: The Case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Guy Doron, Dar Sar-El, Mario Mikulincer, and Mike Kyrios | 17. Moral Dimensions of Trauma Therapies, Laurie Anne Pearlman | IV. Good and Evil: Morality, Conflict, and Violence | 18. Killing With a Clean Conscience: Existential Angst and the Paradox of Morality, Gilad Hirschberger and Tom Pyszczynski | 19. Moral Convictions and Moral Courage: Common Denominators of Good and Evil, Linda J. Skitka | 20. Human Evil: The Myth of Pure Evil and the True Causes of Violence, Roy F. Baumeister | 21. Psychology and Morality in Genocide and Violent Conflict: Perpetrators, Passive Bystanders, Rescuers, Ervin Staub | V. Synthesis | 22. Good and Evil, Past and Future, Laboratory and World, Roy F. Baumeister and Jesse Graham Also of Interest Causes, Manifestations, and Consequences Edited by Phillip R. Shaver and Mario Mikulincer 2011. 422 pages. Hardcover. List: $79.95 | APA Member/Affiliate: $49.95 ISBN 978-1-4338-0859-3 | Item # 4318084 human Aggression and Violence The Better Angels of Our Nature Edited by Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver 2010. 468 pages. Hardcover. List: $69.95 | APA Member/Affiliate: $49.95 ISBN 978-1-4338-0546-2 | Item # 4318062 Prosocial motives, emotions, and Behavior Modern Research on an Ancient Virtue Edited by Cynthia L. S. Pury and Shane J. Lopez 2010. 247 pages. 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Monitor on Psychology - February 2012
Letters
President’s column
Contents
From the CEO
APA files two briefs in support of same-sex couples
New registry seeks to understand addiction recovery through ‘crowdsourcing’
APA launches a database of tests and measures
Watch for new member benefit: “APA Access”
Apply now for APA’s Advanced Training Institutes
PsycTHERAPY, APA’s new database, brings therapy demos to life
In Brief
APA scientists help guide tobacco regulation
A-mazing research
‘A machine for jumping to conclusions’
Judicial Notebook
Random Sample
Righting the imbalance
The beginnings of mental illness
Science Directions
Improving disorder classification, worldwide
Protesting proposed changes to the DSM
Interventions for at-risk students
Harnessing the wisdom of the ages
Anti-bullying efforts ramp up
Hostile hallways
R U friends 4 real?
Support for teachers
Speaking of Education
Record keeping for practitioners
Going green
At the intersection of law and psychology
Division Spotlight
Grants help solve society’s problems
Personalities

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