I needed a book for a business student who needed to do an indepedent readings with me, so I asked business profs for ideas. I settled on Framed by Hari Singh. It is written as a novel but makes great use of very many concepts normally taught in psych, especially decision mkaing.
I also used Influence by Cialdini for its connections between marketing and general business issues and psychology. Finally the student read Fast Food Nation because I thought it did a good job again of putting behavior in a historical and social context. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:43:30 -0500 >From: Traci Giuliano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [tips] Need interdisciplinary book suggestion >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > >I'm about to teach in an interdisciplinary honors program in which I >meet with a group of 10 students from different majors over the >course of 3 years (their sophomore, junior, and senior years) >to--among other goals--have broad-based discussions that enable >students to learn about the world while making connections among the >various academic disciplines. As a social psychologist, my seminar >has "understanding human behavior" as its underlying framework, >although I'm interested in expanding my own horizons as well. Given >the presidential election, I'm particularly interested in books that >might be politically relevant somehow, but I'm open to any good, >general books that Tipsters think might make for a nice intro to my >seminar as a "summer reading" text. > >Thanks in advance!! >-- > > > \\|||// > ( o o ) >-------------o00-(_)-00o------------------ > >Traci A. Giuliano >Professor of Psychology >Southwestern University >Georgetown, TX 78627 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >(512) 863-1596;fax (512) 863-1846 >http://www.southwestern.edu/~giuliant > >-------------------------------------------- > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
