,Social Psychology
Tenth Edition
Elliot Aronson
Timothy D. Wilson
Samuel R. Sommers
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Names: Aronson, Elliot, author. | Wilson, Timothy D., author. | Sommers, Sam,
author.
Title: Social psychology / Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Samuel R.
Sommers.
Description: Tenth edition. | New York, NY : Pearson, [2019] | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017037187 | ISBN 9780134641287 (softcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Social psychology.
Classification: LCC HM1033 .A78 2019 | DDC 302—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017037187
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, To my grandchildren: Jacob, Jason, Ruth, Eliana, Natalie, Rachel, and Leo. My hope is that your capacity
for empathy and compassion will help make the world a better place.
—E.A.
To my family, Deirdre Smith, Christopher Wilson, and Leigh Wilson
—T.D.W.
To my students—past, present, and future—for making coming to work each morning fun,
educational, and unpredictable.
—S.R.S.
Tenth Edition
Elliot Aronson
Timothy D. Wilson
Samuel R. Sommers
,Portfolio Manager: Kelli Strieby Art/Designer: Blair Brown
Content Producer: Cecilia Turner/Lisa Mafrici Digital Studio Course Producer: Lindsay Verge
Content Developer: Thomas Finn Full-Service Project Manager: Angel Chavez
Portfolio Manager Assistant: Louis Fierro Compositor: Integra Publishing Services, Inc.
Executive Product Marketing Manager: Christopher Brown Printer/Binder: R. R. Donnelley Roanoke
Senior Field Marketing Manager: Debi Doyle Cover Printer: Lehigh Phoenix Color/Hagerstown
Content Producer Manager: Amber Mackey Cover Design: Lumina Datamatics
Content Development Manager: Sharon Geary Cover Credit: Noma Bar, Pentagram
Credits and acknowledgments borrowed from other sources and reproduced, with permission, in this
textbook appear on the appropriate page within the text or on pages 545–548.
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should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval
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the property of their respective owners and any references to third-party trademarks, logos or
other trade dress are for demonstrative or descriptive purposes only. Such references are not in-
tended to imply any sponsorship, endorsement, authorization, or promotion of Pearson’s products
by the owners of such marks, or any relationship between the owner and Pearson Education, Inc.
or its affiliates, authors, licensees or distributors.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Aronson, Elliot, author. | Wilson, Timothy D., author. | Sommers, Sam,
author.
Title: Social psychology / Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Samuel R.
Sommers.
Description: Tenth edition. | New York, NY : Pearson, [2019] | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017037187 | ISBN 9780134641287 (softcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Social psychology.
Classification: LCC HM1033 .A78 2019 | DDC 302—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017037187
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ISBN-10: 0-13-464128-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-464128-7
Access Card
ISBN-10: 0-13-470064-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-470064-9
Books à la Carte
ISBN-10: 0-13-470066-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-470066-3
Instructor’s Review Copy
ISBN-10: 0-13-467840-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-467840-5
, To my grandchildren: Jacob, Jason, Ruth, Eliana, Natalie, Rachel, and Leo. My hope is that your capacity
for empathy and compassion will help make the world a better place.
—E.A.
To my family, Deirdre Smith, Christopher Wilson, and Leigh Wilson
—T.D.W.
To my students—past, present, and future—for making coming to work each morning fun,
educational, and unpredictable.
—S.R.S.
