For the Love of Social Psychology examines the most exciting and important contributions to the study of human nature in the 20th and early 21st centuries. Focusing on thought leaders in social psychology today, author John Jost scrutinizes the theorists and their work. This is particularly important as the discipline faces a period of intense self-criticism and conflict over statistical methods and practices. The ideas of social and personality psychology, which may well constitute its greatest asset to society and to interdisciplinary scholarship, are at risk of being lost or abandoned. For the Love of Social Psychology is a critical component in understanding these various thinkers within the context of the discipline, and in providing an optimistic vision for students, theorists, and practitioners so they can fulfill their goals of bettering society through scientific means.

• Summarizes major theorists and theories in social psych
• Focuses on major findings in stereotypes, bias, social thoughts and behavior
• Allows major theorists of today to frame questions and discoveries in the history of their specific areas over time
• Discovers what social psych has offered the psych field and science generally in theory and discovery