Life Lessons from Psychological Science

<p><em>Life Lessons from Psychological Science: Understanding and Improving Interpersonal Dynamics</em> provides students with a primer for developing self-awareness and insight through interpersonal conversation. The text focuses on human behavior in various situations—from educational settings to the workplace and the home—in order to help readers understand appreciate and enrich the human dynamics of their everyday lives.<br /><br />This book features 50 life lessons grounded in contemporary research and relevant to improving interpersonal dynamics. Several life lessons reflect the behavioral science principles of positive versus negative reinforcement observational learning and behavior-based feedback. Other life lessons are founded on humanism including empathy interdependence systems thinking and self-transcendence. Still others are derived from social psychology including six principles of social influence the dynamics of group decision-making and critical distinctions between discrimination and stereotyping. Domains of psychology such as sensation and perception personality health and stress learning and motivation are the foundation of other life lessons. The lessons are complemented by instructive and entertaining illustrations and discussion questions to initiate lively dialogue.<br /><br />A dynamic contemporary and personal text <em>Life Lessons from Psychological Science</em> is an ideal resource for introductory psychology courses.</p><p><strong>E. Scott Geller Ph.D.</strong> is an Alumni Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech Cofounder of GellerAC4P Inc. and Senior Partner of Safety Performance Solutions Inc. For 50 years he has taught and conducted research at Virginia Tech. Dr. Geller has authored coauthored or edited numerous books book chapters training manuals magazine articles and research articles addressing the development and evaluation of behavior-focused interventions to improve human welfare and life satisfaction. The College of Wooster awarded Dr. Geller an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. He has received lifetime achievement awards from the International Organizational Behavior Management Network and the American Psychological Foundation.</p>