Can anybody recommend a good Social Psychology textbook?

[raccoon]

If you have one as a college student now, or recently, or you're a college psych professor.

Group behavior interests me. Why did so many drink the koolaid in Jonestown? Why did so many drink the koolaid in the US? And continue to do so.

[Double T]

1. Perhaps this book will answer your questions...............

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. I think a few books...

On the histories of societies that have made these kind of "leap of faith" shifts behind a despotic leader.

[raccoon]

6. Of course, Nazi Germany comes to mind at once.

And also Jonestown.

[freeplessinseattle]

3. "The Social Animal" by Elliot Aronson

This is a classic text, and a fascinating read-one of few texts that really drew me in when I was in college.

[MannyGoldstein]

4. The True Believer

http://www.amazon.com/True-Believer-Thoughts-Movements-Perennial/dp/0060505915/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-0188709-3207128?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176735998&sr=8-1

The smartest psychologist that I know says that this is the best.

[raccoon]

5. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll look for the books mentioned. nt

[LeftishBrit]

7. Anything written or edited by Miles Hewstone!

Or Elliot Smith and Diane Mackie: Social Psychology