Pillars of social psychology : stories and retrospectives /

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Introducing the Pillars of social psychology -- Seven decades in social psychology -- A career emerging from an unnecessary analysis -- Once a social psychologist, always a social psychologist -- Abe and Leon and me -- My contributions to social psychology over many decades -- Influences and dissonances -- From ideomotor theory to the IAT in just 35 years -- Curiosity -- The emergence and evolution of social realities -- The good old days -- "What ever happened to that blond girl?" -- A quest for social psychology that spans the psychological and the social -- Reasoning -- Chance and choice: my career in social psychology -- Looking back on a charmed career -- My train ride to social psychology -- The making and remaking of a cross-cultural psychologist in six acts: a character in search of four co-authors -- A professional past of arranging to be compelled -- A social psychological and personality approach to human motivation -- Wandering into psychology and law -- My meandering journey into social psychology -- A career In ten episodes -- Getting lucky -- Mindsets: from bathtubs to hot beliefs to social change -- Social psychology and me: the ties that bind -- My life as a social psychologist -- You can't be a self by yourself -- Getting to here from there -- A relational life -- Planning is overrated: a case study -- Symptoms, secrets, writing, and words -- How chance encounters can foster a career -- A multi-decade journey between the lab and the real world -- A long and winding road -- Tales of a devoted but disillusioned party crasher -- Social cognition, always the great beyond -- The accidental social psychologist -- The power of firmly held beliefs: a troubled child, Schachter's incredulity, and the roots of extreme behavior -- My career in social psychology: more than just fun and games -- Chasing self-esteem -- The basement tapes -- Evolutionary social psychology: a scientific revolution in progress -- One man's search for (the assignment of) meaning -- Meetlngs with remarkable men: a fortunate journey in social psychology -- Dear Vera, Chuck, and Dave -- Always buy the Handbook of social psychology (1968) at a railway station in India -- Empowering people to break the prejudice habit: (re)discovering my inner Cialdini -- Seeking the middle way: an exploration of culture, mind, and the brain -- The pillars, their stories, retrospectives, and signals loud and cIear.

For social psychologists and students, this collection of first-person accounts from the field's pioneers and leaders – such as Elliot Aronson, Ellen Berscheid, Robert Cialdini, Susan Fiske, Claude Steele, Rupert Brown and Shinobu Kitayama – offers their riveting stories previously untold, reflections on the past, and predictions about the future.