Authors Gilovich, Keltner, and Nisbett cover classic content while integrating themes like culture, evolution, and neuroscience. Emergent areas of study like emotion, morality, and judgment are included throughout the text to give students the most accurate and contemporary picture of the field. To emphasize the relevance of social psychology in everyday life, the Second Edition includes a capstone chapter on applications, which focuses on topics like personal finance, education, and health. Throughout the text, an illustration program engages students in the scientific process, with You Be the Subject activities and Scientific Method figures.

托馬斯·吉洛維奇(Thomas Gilovich)為美國康奈爾大學心理學教授並擔任該校行為經濟學與決策研究中心的聯閤主任。他的研究關注人們如何通過對日常生活經驗的評估來形成判斷、信念和行動決策。吉洛維奇曾獲羅素傑齣教學奬，是美國心理學學會(American Psychological Society)、美國心理學協會(American Psychological Association)會員，以及特異功能研究委員會成員。他的其他專著包括《我們如何知道事實並非如此：日常生活中人類理性的不可靠性》(How We Know What Isn z S0：The Fallibility ofHuman Reason in Everyday Life 0他還曾與加裏·貝爾斯奇(Gary Belsky)閤著《聰明人為何在金錢問題上犯大錯——以及如何改正Why Smam Peiople Make Big Money Mistakes--and How to Correct Them)，與戴爾·格裏芬(Dale Griffin)和丹尼爾·卡尼曼(Daniel Kahneman)閤著《啓發與偏見：直覺判斷的心理學》(Heuristics and Biases：The Psychology ofIntuitive Judgement）。