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Annotated Bibliography

Thibaut, J. W. (2017). The social psychology of groups. Routledge.

In this book, the author tries to show how the different and joint actions of two different individuals may affect the survival of their relationships as well as the quality of life. The author’s focus in on how interdependence works and the whole process around it as well as how these patterns affect human relationships. This book is important because it helps to understand more about social moral norms, close relationships between people, where people may have conflicting interests and how to deal with the issues, how people are oriented socially, how people perceive group leaderships and an overall understanding of personal relationships. The author analyses concepts about rewards and costs of forming relationships and how to maintain these relationships, the roles each person plays in a union and a closer look at complex relationships and how to deal with them.

McDougall, W. (2015). An introduction to social psychology. Psychology Press.

This book is beneficial for students who are taking social sciences. It is very important equipment for work in all these sciences because it aids in a deeper understanding of emotions and what emotions lead to actions. The author tries to deal with the major problems in this field and some solutions. He has also criticized some views that he does not agree with. This criticism is of great importance because of the need to clear out some issues. The author tries to give a clear picture involving what instincts guide the physical and nervous sides of these processes. The book also aims at understanding the emotions and actions in our day to day lives. He gives a clearer picture of imitation and sentiments in the instinctive processes.

Card, S. K. (2018). The psychology of human-computer interaction. CRC Press.

The author of this book looks at the psychology of human and computer interaction. He tries to educate people on how they can feel the gap between science and its applications. He takes a closer look at the behavior of computer users while they interact with the computers. He tries to look at what basis science supports human processing of information. He also looks at things such as text editing and how it using the computer varies from one person to another. The books explain the various methods of manuscript editing known as GOMS, the deeper analysis and the models of devices used in text selection. The book is good because it aids the reader to understand more about cognitive skills, how psychology can be applied in the design and how engineering models are used for several purposes. A user can know up to what extent using computers has benefited them in their day to day lives.

References

Card, S. K. (2018). The psychology of human-computer interaction. CRC Press.

McDougall, W. (2015). An introduction to social psychology. Psychology Press.

Thibaut, J. W. (2017). The social psychology of groups. Routledge.