Includes research on non-verbal communication, social skills and happiness.
This new edition of The Psychology of Happiness provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of research into the nature of happiness.
A comprehensive account of the psychology of everyday life, in which Michael Argyle takes social psychology out of the laboratory into real-life settings and helps us to understand the world in which we live.
Social Encounters is an approach to social psychology that is not what one might expect to find in textbooks on this subject
During recent years there has been extensive criticism of the conduct of research in social psychology. Social Situations points the way forward to a resolution of the crisis in the... Læs mere
First published in 1964 Psychology and Social Problems looks at a changing society and research into problems of the time. Many of the themes in the book, such as delinquency, mental health and racial conflict and are still familiar and current topics of discussion today.
Is human nature cooperative? Man is often said to be a social animal – but what does that mean? Michael Argyle believed that one of the most... Læs mere
Originally published in 1975, this book is a completely rewritten, revised version of Michael Argyle’s standard work, Religious Behaviour, first published in 1958. A... Læs mere
No study of religious practise ancient or modern is complete without reference to work of sociologists on religious practise. Social, economic and behavioural contexts of religious activity are explored in this book.
Michael Argyle's new book is an introduction to the psychology of religion from one of the world's most famous experimental psychologists.
In this second edition of a major student text, Michael Argyle includes chapters on research methods, social skills and personality.